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Creating Church Online: Ritual, Community and New Media
New York: Routledge (2017), 264 pp.
"Creating Church Online constructs a rich ethnographic account of the diverse cultures of online churches, from virtual worlds to video streams. This book also outlines the history of online churchgoing, from its origins in the 1980s to the present day, and traces the major themes of academic and Ch
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Social Media Codex für Mitarbeiter/-innen in der Diözese Augsburg
Augsburg: Bistum Augsburg (2017), 2 pp.
"Für Priester und Diakone, die in sozialen Netzwerken dienstlich als auch privat präsent sind oder sich mit dem Gedanken tragen, Social Media für die Seelsorge zu nutzen, soll dieser „Social-Media-Codex“ verbindliche Regelungen vorgeben. Der nachstehende Codex gilt dienstrechtlich verbindlich
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Les musulmans de Facebook en Côte d’Ivoire: Nouvelle voie de socialisation, de da’wa et de mobilisation communautaire
Émulations: Revue de Sciences Sociales, issue 24 (2017), pp. 53-70
"Ce travail porte sur l’usage des médias numériques dans les pratiques religieuses des musulmans en Côte d’Ivoire, dans un contexte de visibilité accrue de l’islam dans l’espace public depuis l’avènement du pluralisme politique en 1990. Il étudie l’entrée des musulmans dans l’è
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Mouvement interreligieux et usages d’Internet au Burkina Faso: Le cas de l’Union Fraternelle des Croyants (UFC) de Dori
Émulations: Revue de Sciences Sociales, issue 24 (2017), pp. 23-35
"L’arrivée d’Internet provoque des évolutions dans le rapport aux médias des communautés religieuses. Il y a une volonté de visibilité externe grâce à l’usage d’Internet comme moyen de communication et comme mode de présence. À partir de l’exemple de l’Union fraternelle des cro
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De l’utilisation d’Internet en République démocratique du Congo: Un outil de mobilisation politique et religieuse
Émulations: Revue de Sciences Sociales, issue 24 (2017), pp. 105-123
"En République démocratique du Congo (RDC), le Web constitue, depuis le dernier mandat constitutionnel du président Joseph Kabila au pouvoir depuis 2001, un espace d’affrontements politiques par le biais des discours religieux, ou par leaders religieux interposés. Alors que le président Kabil
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Haunting Hands: Mobile Media Practices and Loss
New York: Oxford University Press (2017), xii, 228 pp.
Transnational Religious Practices on Facebook
CyberOrient, volume 11, issue 2 (2017), pp. 6-91
"The Yezidis' re-appropriation of their religion in recent years reveals their beliefs more clearly than ever: especially through media. The community uses Facebook as a tool to show its identity in a way that was unimaginable throughout its prior history. Today, cyberspace provides them an environm
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A Digital Culture Ministry: A Case of the Korean Church
Religion and Social Communication, volume 14, issue 1 (2016), pp. 40-59
Assessing changes in the study of religious communities in digital religion studies
Church, Communication and Culture, volume 1, issue 1 (2016), pp. 73-89
"This article provides a focused review of researches undertaken within Digital religion studies in the last three decades, specifically highlighting how religious communities have been studied and approached within this area. It highlights the dominant theoretical and methodological approaches empl
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"This thesis is a theoretically framed and historically informed sociological analysis of how digital technology usage shapes religious identity in Pakistan. The development literature is dominated by assumptions of technologically driven progress towards secularisation and studies of technology pro
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"This ebook is designed to be a primer to provide everything you need to know about social media and how to use it effectively in your community. You’ll learn: why social media matters in today’s ministry environment; how to build a social media ministry team; how to develop a social media plan;
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E o verbo se fez rede: Uma análise da circulaçao do "católico" em redes comunicacionais online
Sao Leopoldo: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Doctoral Thesis (2016), 498 pp.
"Esta tese analisa como se organizam os processos midiáticos de circulação do “católico” em redes comunicacionais online, que emergem em plataformas sociodigitais, como Facebook e Twitter. A análise se dá por meio de um estudo de casos múltiplos, articulado com gestos de lurking e entrevi
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Networked Theology: Negotiating Faith in Digital Culture
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic (2016), x, 175 pp.
"This informed theology of communication and media analyzes how we consume new media and technologies and discusses the impact on our social and religious lives. Combining expertise in religion online, theology, and technology, the authors synthesize scholarly work on religion and the internet for a
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A Missional Study of the Use of Social Media (Facebook) by Some Ghanaian Pentecostal Pastors
KOERS — Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, volume 81, issue 2 (2016), 8 pp.
"Social media as a new phenomenon has become a tool used by many televangelists and pastors all over the world. It is against this background that this research sought to explore the Facebook activities of some Ghanaian Pentecostal pastors from a missional perspective. The article deals with the con
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Religious Conversations in the Marketplace: The Philippine Church Online
Religion and Social Communication, volume 14, issue 1 (2016), pp. 60-85
The Role and Usage of Apps and Instant Messaging in Religious Mass Events
International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, volume 4, issue 3 (2016), pp. 29-42
"In the religious sector, for centuries, pilgrimages have been a clear example of mass events of a spiritual nature. Due to globalization and increased mobility, recent times have seen the multiplication of international events without a fixed location: Taizé encounters, Kumbh Mela (India), and Wor
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Friending God: Social Media, Spirituality and Community
New York: Crossroad Publishing Company (2016), 90 pp.
Building the Sacred Community Online: The Dual Use of the Internet by Chabad
Media, Culture & Society, volume 38, issue 1 (2016), pp. 71-88
"Religious communities have ongoing concerns about Internet use, as it intensifies the clash between tradition and modernity, a clash often found in traditionally inclined societies. Nevertheless, as websites become more useful and widely accessible, religious and communal stakeholders have continuo
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Religion, Communications, and Judaism: The Case of Digital Chabad
Media, Culture & Society, volume 38, issue 1 (2016), pp. 89-95
"In their article on 'Building the Sacred Community Online', Oren Golan and Nurit Stadler zoom in on the latest attempts of Chabad, the extrovert Jewish Hasidic group, to harness the newest digital technologies to propagate and popularize its staunchly traditionalist reading of Jewish heritage. Also
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