Curious about the new iPhone confession app, virtual puja, or Wikileaks'publication of esoteric religious documents? What is the impact of new technologies on religion today? How is religion mediated in a digital age?
The Department of Religious Studies invites all Religious Studies graduate students and majors to join us for a roundtable discussion on "Digital Religion" with visiting scholars Christopher Helland (University of Toronto), Heidi Campbell (Texas A&M University), and Piotr Bobkowski (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina). The discussion will be co-hosted by Dr. Deborah Whitehead and Dr. Holly Gayley. See below for a list of suggested readings to prepare for the discussion.
Thursday, March 3, 3-5 pm in Humanities 230.
Light refreshments served.
Links to suggested readings:
"Soul Searching on Facebook"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/29/AR2009082902400.html
Chris Helland, "Diaspora on the Electronic Frontier: Developing Virtual Connections with Sacred Homelands." Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 12.3 (April 2007).
http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue3/helland.html
Heidi Campbell, "Who's Got the Power? Religious Authority and the Internet." Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 12.3 (April 2007).
http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue3/campbell.html
Piotr Bobkowski, "Self-Disclosure of Religious Identity on Facebook." Gnovis 9.1 (Fall 2008).
http://gnovisjournal.org/journal/self-disclosure-religious-identity-facebook