Digital Religion: The Basics

Digital Religion: The Basics explores how digital media and internet platforms are transforming religious practice in a digital age and the impact this has had on religious culture in contemporary society.

Through exploring six defining characteristics of how religion is acted out online, including-multisite reality, convergence practice, networked community, storied identity, shifting authority and experiential authenticity, the book considers how digital religion both shapes, and is influenced by, religion offline. Questions asked include:

* How is religion being performed and reimagined through digital media and cultures?

* In what ways do the practices of religion online merge or correspond with shifts in perspective taking place in offline religious practice?

* How do the key findings of religion online reflect broader social, cultural and structural practices observed within mobile, networked society?

With case studies and further readings, Digital Religion: The Basics is a must-read for students wanting to come to grips with how religion is changing and experienced through digital media.