@book {248,
	title = {IMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam},
	year = {2009},
	publisher = {UNC Press},
	organization = {UNC Press},
	address = {Chapel Hill, NC},
	abstract = {Exploring the increasing impact of the Internet on Muslims around the world, this book sheds new light on the nature of contemporary Islamic discourse, identity, and community. The Internet has profoundly shaped how both Muslims and non-Muslims perceive Islam and how Islamic societies and networks are evolving and shifting in the twenty-first century, says Gary Bunt. While Islamic society has deep historical patterns of global exchange, the Internet has transformed how many Muslims practice the duties and rituals of Islam. A place of religious instruction may exist solely in the virtual world, for example, or a community may gather only online. Drawing on more than a decade of online research, Bunt shows how social-networking sites, blogs, and other "cyber-Islamic environments" have exposed Muslims to new influences outside the traditional spheres of Islamic knowledge and authority. Furthermore, the Internet has dramatically influenced forms of Islamic activism and radicalization, including jihad-oriented campaigns by networks such as al-Qaeda. By surveying the broad spectrum of approaches used to present dimensions of Islamic social, spiritual, and political life on the Internet, iMuslimsencourages diverse understandings of online Islam and of Islam generally.},
	keywords = {information and communication technology, Islam, social networks, study of religion},
	url = {http://books.google.com/books?id=qIbwHwTYqqcC\&printsec=frontcover$\#$v=onepage\&q\&f=false},
	author = {Gary Bunt}
}
@book {180,
	title = {Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet},
	year = {2004},
	publisher = {Routledge},
	organization = {Routledge},
	address = {New York},
	abstract = {After sex, religion is one of the most popular and pervasive topics of interest online, with over three million Americans turning to the internet each day for religious information and spiritual guidance. Tens of thousands of elaborate websites are dedicated to every manner of expression.Religion Onlineprovides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this burgeoning new religious reality, from cyberpilgrimages to neo-pagan chatroom communities. A substantial introduction by the editors presenting the main themes and issues is followed by sixteen chapters addressing core issues of concern such as youth, religion and the internet, new religious movements and recruitment, propaganda and the countercult, and religious tradition and innovation. The volume also includes thePew Internet and American Life ProjectExecutiveSummary, the most comprehensive and widely cited study on how Americans pursue religion online, and Steven O{\textquoteright}Leary{\textquoteright}s field-definingCyberspace as SacredSpace.},
	keywords = {information and communication technology, methodology, social networks},
	url = {http://books.google.com/books?id=xy0PJrrWXH4C\&printsec=frontcover$\#$v=onepage\&q\&f=false},
	author = {Dawson, Lorne and Cowan, Douglas}
}
@inbook {1269,
	title = {Dreams of Church in Cyberspace},
	booktitle = {Digital religion, social media and culture: Perspectives, Practices and Futures},
	year = {2012},
	publisher = {Peter Lang Publishing},
	organization = {Peter Lang Publishing},
	chapter = {2},
	address = {New York},
	keywords = {Blogging, Church, cyberspace, mission, Networked individualism, social networks, virtual community, Virtual environments, Virtual World, virtuality},
	url = {http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten\&seitentyp=produkt\&pk=60410\&concordeid=311474},
	author = {Knut Lundby}
}
@article {794,
	title = {Faith in the Age of Facebook: Exploring the Links Between Religion and Social Network Site Membership and Use},
	journal = {Sociology of Religion},
	year = {2013},
	month = {9 January 2013},
	abstract = {This study examines how religiousness influences social network site (SNS) membership and frequency of use for emerging adults between 18 and 23 years old utilizing Wave 3 survey data from the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR). Independent of religion promoting a prosocial orientation, organizational involvement, and civic engagement, Catholics and Evangelical Protestants are more likely than the {\textquotedblleft}not religious{\textquotedblright} to be SNS members, and more Bible reading is associated with lower levels of SNS membership and use. We argue there are both sacred and secular influences on SNS involvement, and social behaviors, such as being in school and participating in more non-religious organizations, generally positively influence becoming a SNS member, yet certain more private behaviors, such as Bible reading, donating money, and helping the needy, lessen SNS participation. We also suggest four areas for future research to help untangle the influence of religiousness on SNS use and vice versa. },
	keywords = {adolescents/youth, civic participation, internet, personal religiousity, social networks, technology},
	doi = {10.1093/socrel/srs073 },
	url = {http://socrel.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/01/09/socrel.srs073.short?rss=1},
	author = {Brian J. Miller},
	editor = {Peter Mundey and Jonathan P. Hill}
}
@article {1292,
	title = {Faith in the Age of Facebook: Exploring the Links Between Religion and Social Network Site Membership and Use},
	journal = {Sociology of Religion},
	volume = {74},
	year = {2013},
	chapter = {227},
	abstract = {This study examines how religiousness influences social network site (SNS) membership and frequency of use for emerging adults between 18 and 23 years old utilizing Wave 3 survey data from the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR). Independent of religion promoting a prosocial orientation, organizational involvement, and civic engagement, Catholics and Evangelical Protestants are more likely than the {\textquotedblleft}not religious{\textquotedblright} to be SNS members, and more Bible reading is associated with lower levels of SNS membership and use. We argue there are both sacred and secular influences on SNS involvement, and social behaviors, such as being in school and participating in more non-religious organizations, generally positively influence becoming a SNS member, yet certain more private behaviors, such as Bible reading, donating money, and helping the needy, lessen SNS participation. We also suggest four areas for future research to help untangle the influence of religiousness on SNS use and vice versa.},
	keywords = {adolescents, civic participation, emerging adulthood, internet, personal religiosity, social networks, technology, Youth},
	url = {http://socrel.oxfordjournals.org/content/74/2/227.short},
	author = {Brian J. Miller and Peter Mundey and Jonathan P. Hill}
}
@article {1312,
	title = {Close Ties, Intercessory Prayer, and Optimism Among American Adults: Locating God in the Social Support Network},
	journal = {Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion},
	volume = {52},
	year = {2013},
	chapter = {35},
	abstract = {Prayer is often an interpersonal phenomenon. It represents not only a form of social support shared between or among people, but also a means of embedding an unobservable actor (God) within a conventionally observable social network. This study considers whether the receipt of intercessory prayer from close network ties is associated with future-oriented well-being. Analyses use social network module data from the Portraits of American Life Study (PALS), a nationally representative study of American adults containing a breadth of information not available in prior studies of networks, prayer, and well-being. Despite experiencing more instances of recent adversity (mental or physical health problem, financial trouble, and unemployment), prayed-for PALS respondents report the highest levels of optimism. Furthermore, the association between network prayer and optimism is robust to inclusion of individual-level indicators of religiosity. Finally, other forms of social support that an individual receives from his or her close ties do not explain the benefits of intercessory prayer.},
	keywords = {intercession, offline, optimism, Prayer, religion, social networks, social support, well-being},
	url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jssr.12010/abstract},
	author = {Markus H. Schafer}
}
@inbook {1254,
	title = {When {\textquoteright}Friend{\textquoteright} Becomes a Verb: Religion on the Social Web},
	booktitle = {God in the Details: American Religion in Popular Culture},
	year = {2010},
	publisher = {Routledge},
	organization = {Routledge},
	chapter = {11},
	address = {God in the Details: American Religion in Popular Culture},
	keywords = {Digital Religion, integration, Interaction, interpretation, social media, social networks},
	url = {http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415485364/},
	author = {Daniel Veidlinger}
}
