TY - CHAP T1 - Studying Jewish Engagement with Digital Media and Culture T2 - Digital Judaism: Jewish Negotiations with Digital Media and Technology Y1 - 2015 A1 - Campbell, H KW - culture KW - digital media KW - Judaism AB - The study of new media, religion and digital culture has been in existence for almost two decades. During this time scholars have explored a wide range of religious group’s engagement with the internet, yet it is clear that some religious traditions, such as Christianity and Islam, have received much more attention than others. As Campbell and Lovheim (2011) noted in their assessment of the study of religion and the internet, there is still a need for a more nuanced understanding of the negotiation of the internet as a medium for religious practice within some religious groups. Also more careful consideration is called for regarding what some scholars have described as “digital religion”—the relationship between the online-offline religious contexts-within some religious traditions. This chapter argues that the study of Jewish groups and the internet has arguably been an understudied area in need of more significant attention and critical examination. JF - Digital Judaism: Jewish Negotiations with Digital Media and Technology PB - Routledge CY - New York UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317817345/chapters/10.4324%2F9781315818597-5 U1 - H. Campbell ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Studying technology & ecclesiology in online multi-site worship JF - Journal of Contemporary Religion Y1 - 2014 A1 - Campbell, H A1 - Delashmutt, M KW - Online KW - technology KW - worship AB - This study brings together research approaches from media studies and practical theology in order to study and understand the relationship between online technological features of multi-site worship and the larger offline worshipping community to which it is connected. From the perspective of media studies we reflect on how new media technologies and cultures are allowed to shape online worship spaces and how larger institutional traditions and structures are allowed to shape technologically mediated church events. From the perspective of practical theology we use the notion of inculturation as a lens for a better understanding of the specific ways in which Christian worship practices adapt, change, and respond to the new cultural setting which emerges from the online worship context. Together, these approaches illuminate the interplay between digital technology and ecclesiological tradition in shaping multi-site church worship practices. VL - 29 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13537903.2014.903662 IS - 2 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Surveying Theoretical Approaches within Digital Religion Studies JF - New Media and Society Y1 - 2017 A1 - Campbell, H KW - Digital Religion KW - internet KW - mediation of meaning KW - mediatization KW - New Media KW - religion KW - religious–social shaping of technology KW - theory AB - This article provides an overview of the development of Digital Religion studies and the theoretical approaches frequently employed within this area. Through considering the ways and theories of mediatization, mediation of meaning, and the religious–social shaping of technology have been engaged and applied in studies of new media technologies, religion, and digital culture we see how Digital Religion studies has grown into a unique area of inquiry informed by both Internet studies and media, religion, and culture studies. Overall, it offers a concise summary of the current state of research inquiry within Digital Religion studies. VL - 19 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444816649912 IS - 1 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Sanctifying the Internet: Aish’s Use of the Internet for Digital Outreach T2 - Digital Judaism: Jewish Negotiations with Digital Media and Technology Y1 - 2015 A1 - Campbell, H A1 - Bellar, W KW - digital outreach KW - internet AB - The internet is increasingly used by different Jewish groups as a tool of outreach, especially for religious organizations committed to calling secular Jews back into a religious lifestyle. One example of using the internet to connect, educate and encourage Jews is the work of Aish.com, the digital presence of Aish HaTorah. Due to its Orthodox outlook, it functions under a set of self-imposed rules in its web work to monitor and make sure the content and images that appear on the site support its conservative values and beliefs. While it seeks to be innovative in the types of information and forums it provides (from video podcasts and blogs to online seminars and courses), it insists its work is not a whole-scale endorsement of the internet for all religious Jews. Rather, the internet is presented as a necessary tool to be used in outreach to secular Jews. Aish.com allows Aish HaTorah the means to meet and influence secular Jews wherever they are. By using the internet within a bounded approach and by carefully monitoring web content, those working for the site avoid problematic images and topics as it seeks to sanctify the internet through bringing Torah and a Torah-based lifestyle into the digital realm JF - Digital Judaism: Jewish Negotiations with Digital Media and Technology PB - Routledge CY - New York UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317817345/chapters/10.4324%2F9781315818597-9 U1 - H. Campbell ER -