Religion, Hypermobility and Digital Media in Global Asia

Faith, Flows and Fellowship

AvCatherine Gomes,Lily Kong

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Media, Culture and Communication in Migrant Societies

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Beskrivning

This collection features cutting edge research by scholars across disciplines seeking to understand the role and significance of religion among transnational mobile subjects in this age of digital media, and in particular, as experienced in Global Asia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-09-16
Mått:156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt:560 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Media, Culture and Communication in Migrant Societies
Antal sidor:258
Upplaga:0
Förlag:Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:9789463728935

Utforska kategorier

Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Migration inom Samhälle och politik
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Catherine Gomes is an Associate Professor in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University. Her work contributes to the understanding of the evolving migration, mobility and digital media nexus. She is a specialist on the Asia-Pacific with Australia and Singapore being significant fieldwork sites. Lily Kong is the President and Lee Kong Chian Chair of Social Sciences at Singapore Management University. Her research focuses on social and cultural change in Asian cities. Orlando Woods is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Singapore Management University. His research interests span religion, digital technologies and urban environments in/and Asia.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction. Catherine Gomes, Lily Kong and Orlando Woods,SECTION 1. COMMUNITY CREATION: THE ROLE OF DIGITAL MEDIA IN FAITH-BASED GROUPS, Chapter 1. The Creation of Digitally-Mediated Christian Migrant Communities in Singapore (Orlando Woods), Chapter 2. Forging Chinese Christian Digital Fellowship: Social Media and Transnational Connectivity (Francis Lim and Sng Bee Bee), Chapter 3. Material Expressions of Religious Culture (Anna Hickey-Moody and Marissa Willcox),SECTION 2. CONNECTIVITY THROUGH FAITH: MAINTAINING TRANSNATIONAL CONNECTIONS THROUGH RELIGION, Chapter 4. This-worldly Buddhism: Digital Media and the Performance of Religiosity in China (Han Zhang and Junxi Qian), Chapter 5. The Blog as a Platform for Spiritual Heritaging and Family Reconciliation: A Case Study (Tan Meng Yoe),SECTION 3. PREACHING THE FAITH: THE RISE OF DIGITAL PASTORS AND PREACHERS, Chapter 6. The Global Appeal of Digital Pastors: A Comparative Case Study of Joseph Prince, and Brian and Bobbie Houston (Catherine Gomes and Jonathan Y. Tan), Chapter 7. The Open Letter to the Evangelical Church' and its Discontents: The Online Politics of Asian American Evangelicals, 2013-2016 (Justin K.H. Tse), Chapter 8. Title Preacher Playlist: Reception and Curation of Celebrity Pastors in the Korean Diaspora (Hyemin Na), Chapter 9 . Virtual Rohingya: Ethno-Religious Populism in the Asia Pacific (Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir),Afterword. Digitised Religions, Physical Practices and the 'Rich-Poor' Divide (Robbie B.H. Goh), Index.