%0 Journal Article %J New Media and Society %D 2017 %T Private practice: Using digital diaries and interviews to understand evangelical Christians’ choice and use of religious mobile applications %A Bellar, W %K digital diaries %K Evangelical Christian %K mobile apps %K religion %X Religious mobile applications (apps) offer a relatively new space for religious practices such as studying sacred texts, prayer, and meditation. To date, most studies in the digital religion literature, and to some extent in general mobile app studies, focus inquiry on app content and/or design only. This study advances these areas of study by extending inquiry to the mobile app audience by exploring how Evangelical Christians actually choose and use religious mobile apps, and how app engagement informs their religious identities. Data from qualitative digital diary reports and in-depth interviews were analyzed within Campbell’s networked religion framework, specifically through the storied identity and networked community concepts. Findings explicate the combination of online and offline resources used for choosing apps, shifting core religious practices from offline to mobile contexts, and a lack of networked community engagement for sharing private religious app experiences. %B New Media and Society %V 19 %P 111-125 %G eng %U http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444816649922 %N 1 %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Religion, Media, and Digital Culture %D 2013 %T Reading religion in Internet memes %A Bellar, W %A Campbell, H %A Cho, K %A Terry, A %A Tsuria, R %A Yadlin-Segal, A %A Zeimer, J %K internet memes %K religion %X This article provides a preliminary report of a study of religious-oriented internet memes and seeks to identify the common communication styles, interpretive practices and messages about religion communicated in this digital medium. These findings argue that memes provide an important sphere for investigating and understanding religious meaning-making online, which expresses key attributes of participatory culture and trends towards lived religion. %B Journal of Religion, Media, and Digital Culture %V 2 %G eng %U http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/21659214-90000031 %N 2 %0 Book Section %B Encyclopedia of Information Science & Technology %D 2018 %T Religious Use of Mobile Phones %A Bellar, W %A Cho, J %A Campbell, H %K Digital Religion %K mobile phones %K religious %B Encyclopedia of Information Science & Technology %7 4 %I IGI Global %C Hershey, PA %P 6161-6170 %G eng %U https://www.igi-global.com/book/encyclopedia-information-science-technology-fourth/173015 %1 Z. Yeng %0 Book Section %B Encyclopedia of Information Science & Technology %D 2018 %T The Intersection of Religion and Mobile Technology %A Bellar, W %A Cho, J %A Campbell, H %E Z. Yeng %K mobile technology %K religion %B Encyclopedia of Information Science & Technology %7 4 %I IGI Global %C Hershey, PA %P 6161-6170 %G eng