Scholars' Index

Rubina Ramji

Cape Breton University
religion and media, religion and multiculturalism, religion and immigration

Bilal Haider Rana

University of Erfurt Germany
New Media and Religion, Emerging Public sphere and new media, Islam and New media

Xabier Riezu

University of Deusto
Sociology of communication, Catholic church and new media, Spanish Jesuits and new media

Emmy Riordan

Work-related
Undergraduate research student

Brett Robinson

University of Notre Dame
semiotics, Media studies, Catholicism

Victor Hugo Robles

Independent
theology, International Relations, Security Studies, religious studies

Johan Roeland

VU University Amsterdam
religion, social media, popular culture, evangelicalism, conservative Christianity, religious changes in Europe, youth and religion

Michele Rosenthal

University of Haifa
Media avoidance and ambivalence, religion, Media and Culture, History of Media and Religion

John Roxborogh

Mission Historian
Reformed Studies, Missiology, Religions, Southeast Asian Christianity, Technology and Theology.

Robert Rozehnal

Lehigh University
islam, Sufism, South Asia, Cyber Sufism in USA

Maggi Savin-Baden

University of Worcester
pedagogy, yber-influence, pedagogical agents on student engagement and learning

Moisés Sbardelotto

Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Unisinos
Internet; mediatization; interaction; systems; religion; rituals online; Catholic Church

Shannon Schorey

UNC-Chapel Hill
American Religious History, New Religious Movements, religion and popular culture, Religion and Science, Theories of Religion, religion and technology, Alternative Religion Online

Read Schuchardt

Wheaton College
media ecology, Marshall McLuhan, Jacques Ellul, religion and media, Religion In Media, Media As Religion, Religion As Media, technological determinism, zeitgeist, media effects, agency, contingency, necessity

Arul Selvan

School of Journalism and New Media Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi
online Hindu communities, internet and religion

Edward Sewell

Virginia Tech and Radford University
Media and religion, media and popular culture, global religion, Religion and the Internet, visual humor

Roland Shainidze

PhD Candidate, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Theories of Secularization, Globalization and New Religious Movements in North America

Phillis Isabella Sheppard

Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology and Culture, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion
2018 Received Louisville Research Grant for project on Black Women and Vocation;2012 Received grant from Center for Practical Theology, Boston University for project and forthcoming chapter on cyberspace and African American women's experience, Course in development for Cyber-Religion

Jasjit Singh

University of Leeds
religious transmission, religion and youth, young sikhs, religion online

Vit Sisler

Charles University in Prague
New Media, Middle East, Islam, videogames

Jane Skjoldli

University of Stavanger
Christianity, Neopaganism, Video Games, Material culture

Michael Ray Smith

Lee University
journalism history, Research, ethics and law

Enig Sonatha Aritonang

STT HKBP (HKBP Theological Seminary)
Christian ethics

Antonio Spadaro

La Civiltà Cattolica
Cybertheology, theology, social media, Cyberchurch, Cyberspace, Cybergrace

Andrea Stanton

University of Denver
Islamic Studies, Digital Islam

David Stearns

Seattle Pacific University
social shaping of technology, actor-network theory, computer software, electronic payment systems

Oliver Steffen

University of Berne, Switzerland
digital games, game studies, science of religion

Shelly Stevenson

Coventry University
Broadcast Media, New Monasticism online

Brooke Storer-Church

University of Bristol
Muslim identity politics, Facebook, ICTs and political engagement, ethnicity

Kera Street

Harvard University
Race, Gender, Social media

Robert Stroud

Concordia Seminary (St. Louis)
Military Chaplaincy, Civil War Chaplains, Religious Pluralism

Sean Sweeney

FaithVu.org - enabling a captivating personal prayer place app to help folks get closer to God and their faith community
Virtual Worlds, digital media, Social media, Catholicism

Meng Yoe Tan

Monash University Malaysia
Malaysian Christianity, actor-network theory, online/offline relationship

Stefano Tardini

Università della Svizzera italiana
social networks, online communities, eReligion, ICT4D, ICT mediated communication, eLearning

Kathryn Thubron

University of Northumbria
Cultural and Arts Management, Music, Orchestral Management, Online Religion

Alex Tkach

Graduate Student
religion online, religion in social media, religion and telecommunications, smart phones, smart phone applications, web development

Phil Towne

Hope International University
Mediatization of Religion, New Media, Ministry

Jim Trammell

High Point University
evangelical Christian media texts, media criticism, Christian media industry

Eric Trozzo

Sabah Theological Seminary
theology and technology, philosophy of religion, Christian ethics, political theology

Kelsang Tso

Renmin University of China
Tibet Buddhism, new media, society

Ruth Tsuria

Seton Hall University
Judaism, Gender, Sexuality, discourse, power, Online Responsa, Mobile Apps, Religious Memes

Mihaela-Alexandra TUDOR

Paul Valéry University of Montpellier-Iarsic
religious media, cross-media, mediatization, symbolic communication, secularity-laïcité

Sahana Udupa

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
social media and religion, news media, media policy

Narges Valibeigi

Carleton University
religion online, Sociology of the Internet, Sociology of religion, Shiite Community, Middle Eastern Studies

Theodora van Dun

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ritual, Internet, Christianity, Mediatization, ritual experience, Spirituality

Daniel Veidlinger

California State University, Chico
Buddhism, social media, internet and religion, history of communication, Southeast Asian Religion

Mervi Viuhko

The Media Mission the Messengers
digitalisation, media mission, digital theology, digital missiology

Rachel Wagner

Ithaca College
religion and media

J.B. Watson, Jr.

Stephen F. Austin State University
Sociology of Relgion, Evangelicals, Gerontology; Service-learning

Galen Watts

Queen's University
Spiritual but not Religious, Theory and Method in the study of religion, political philosophy

Andrew Wearring

University of Sydney
New Media, popular culture, Religious Minorities, Education, Research Methods

Peter Webster

Webster Research and Consulting
religious history, digital history, Evangelicalism, web archives

Maggie Webster

University of Wales Trinity st David lampeter
Blogs; social media; religion

Deborah Whitehead

University of Colorado, Boulder
United States, religion and culture, evangelicalism, Identity, visuality, authenticity

Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg

Aarhus University
Buddhism, Anthropology, youth, Migration, religion, South Asian Studies

Allyson Winkley

Religion
memes

Diane Winston

University of Southern California
religion and media, religion and news, religion and television, religion and foreign policy

Bryan Winters

Author
marketing, smartphones, Islam, Christianity

Paul Witman

California Lutheran University
social media, Church Administration, Information Systems, Security

Aaron Wong

Boston University School of Theology, Center for Global Christianity and Mission
liturgical/ritual studies, theology, online worship, Chinese Christianities, diaspora studies, Christian missions

Pearl Wright

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
new religions, American religions, Undergrad

Aya Yadlin Segal

Texas A&M University
Nationality, Social media, Identity Construction

Dalia Yousef

Independent Researcher
Internet studies, Religious Minorities, Social Movements

Nikoleta Zampaki

PhD Candidate in Modern Greek Literature, NKUA, Greece
environmental humanities, Posthumanities, digital humanities, Literary Theory, Comparative Literature, Modern Philosophy

Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad

SOAS, The University of London
His research interests include: Diasporas and transnational media; Islamophobia; Shi’i Islam in the West; Third Cinema; Media in the Middle East with particular focus on Iran.

Daniella Zsupan-Jerome

Loyola University New Orleans
Pastoral theology, liturgical studies, ecclesiology, catechesis, sacred art, Christian religion and digital media, Religion (Catholic understanding of mass media in society), Catholicism

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