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Redes sociais evangélicas e música gospel no Brasil: Questões raciais nas margens do mundo religioso
Ciências Sociais e Religião
"Nas últimas décadas, a utilização das mídias por igrejas evangélicas brasileiras se intensificou com a disseminação das redes sociais na internet. Viu-se também uma ampliação do mercado de bens culturais religiosos, sobretudo na área da música. Se essas múltiplas mediações comunicac
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Religión y pandemia: Rumores y narrativas conspiracionistas en Facebook
Ciências Sociais e Religião
"Este artigo apresenta os resultados de uma investigação sobre os rumores e as narrativas conspiratórias que circularam em 2020 sobre a pandemia em duas páginas do Facebook pertencentes a dois grupos religiosos: um evangélico e outro católico. Nos afastamos da visão que desqualifica os rumore
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Implications of digital church for Christian leaders
Gogent Arts & Humanities, volume 11, issue 1, 2408868 (2024), 12 pp.
"The use of the internet and digital technology has permeated most facets of life from educational to business organizations both secular and religious. The digital revolution and use of the internet will have a prevailing and lasting impact; therefore, it is prudent for leaders to develop strategie
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Commodification of Spirituality and the Spiritual Healers’ Labor on Facebook
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 1405-1425
"Facebook is home to a plethora of spiritual healers who use the social media platform for giving advice, selling products, and offering their services. In this ethnographic study, we examine the Facebook endeavors of Estonian spiritual healers. The study discusses the different forms of commodified
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Influenciadores digitais católicos: Efeitos e perspectivas
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São Paulo: Ideias & Letras; Paulus (2024), 413 pp.
"A partir de uma perspectiva diferenciada, esta obra apresenta uma instigante análise do fenômeno dos influenciadores digitais católicos no complexo ecossistema comunicativo e eclesial atual. Além de socialmente relevante, trata-se de um processo que afeta de modo direto o desenvolvimento da pas
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A Dalit religion online: Clashing sensoryscapes and remote ethnographies behind the screen
Dialectical Anthropology, volume 48 (2024), pp. 83-112
"A Bengali Dalit religion called Matua emerged in the nineteenth century in East Bengal. It counts tens of millions of followers across the Bay of Bengal and the Indo–Bangladesh border. With the COVID-19 pandemic, Matua religious gatherings were shifted online. This paper asks what happened to mul
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Evangelização On-Line
São Paulo: Paulus (2024), 100 pp.
"Compêndio de reflexões sobre a realidade na qual a Igreja de Jesus está inserida, permeada e influenciada pela velocidade dos meios sociais, para pensar a Igreja e sua relação com o mundo digital, sobretudo a dimensão tênue que tangencia o virtual e o real, dedicando relevância às influên
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Cambio sociotecnológico y religión: La emergencia de los influencers de la fe en el mercado de la comunicación digital
Transiciones justas: Entre el encuentro y el diálogo social, issue 4 (2024), pp. 10-20
"La existencia de un gran número de influencers digitales católicos indica que existe un público amplio y diverso interesado en practicar su fe en los ambientes digitales. La influencia digital ya se ha convertido en una tendencia irreversible en el ámbito católico, con la exaltación de alguna
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Digitale Seelsorge: Impulse für die Praxis
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (2023), 188 pp.
"Die Nachfrage nach Seelsorge und Beratung im Internet ist schon jetzt enorm. In Zukunft wird der Bedarf weiter steigen und auch Kirchengemeinden vor Ort werden sich darauf einstellen müssen. Wie funktioniert aber eine Seelsorge im digitalen Raum, die nur schriftlich Informationen austauscht, an de
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Churches Online in Times of Corona. Die CONTOC-Studie: Empirische Einsichten, Interpretationen und Perspektiven
Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2023), viii, 599 pp.
"Die CONTOC-Studie hat in ökumenischer und internationaler Ausrichtung die digitale kirchliche Praxis unter den Bedingungen der Corona-Pandemie im Frühsommer 2020 erforscht. Dieser Band dokumentiert die Rahmenbedingungen und Umfrageergebnisse in den beteiligten Ländern. Daran schließen sich Pers
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Vers une présence totale: Une réflexion pastorale à propos de l’engagement sur les réseaux sociaux
Cité du Vatican: Dicastère pour la Communication (2023), 36 pp.
"Les pages qui suivent sont le fruit d’une réflexion impliquant des experts, des enseignants, des jeunes professionnels et leaders, des laïcs, des membres du clergé et des religieux. L’objectif est d’aborder certaines des principales questions concernant la manière dont les chrétiens devr
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Infopastoral: O Agir Pastoral Numa Sociedade Em Transformação
São Paulo: Paulus (2023), 128 pp.
"A autora oferece aos comunicadores católicos uma nova proposta de evangelização e presença da Igreja no ambiente digital: a infopastoral, ou infopráxis, que nasce da convicção de que o povo de Deus precisa integrar a mensagem do Evangelho à cultura digital, na realidade da infosfera, e, ass
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Using YouTube as a Digital Pulpit. The Most Influential Catholic Youtubers in Spanish Speaking Countries: Who They Are and How They Communicate
Church, Communication and Culture, volume 8, issue 1 (2023), pp. 59-83
"The Internet and social networks have enabled the appearance of new Catholic preachers with intense activity and a high number of followers on their channels. YouTube has been no exception to this communication trend. Some of the religious communicators who use this social network have in fact beco
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The Pop Theology of Videogames: Producing and Playing with Religion
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2023), 158 pp.
"Young people in the West are more likely to encounter religion in videogames than in places of worship like churches, mosques or temples. Lars de Wildt interviews developers and players of games such as Assassin’s Creed to find out how and why the Pop Theology of Videogames is so appealing to mod
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Fictional Practices of Spirituality I: Interactive Media
Bielefeld: transcript (2023), 476 pp.
"Fictional Practices of Spirituality" provides critical insight into the implementation of belief, mysticism, religion, and spirituality into worlds of fiction, be it interactive or non-interactive. This first volume focuses on interactive, virtual worlds - may that be the digital realms of video ga
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Tweeting for Religion: How Indonesian Islamic Fundamentalist Organizations Use Twitter
Journal of Media and Religion, volume 22, issue 1 (2023), pp. 1-16
"This study investigates how Islamic fundamentalists groups in Indonesia use Twitter to communicate with their stakeholders to achieve organizational goals. Based on previous work, three main functions of the use of social media by organizations were examined: spreading information, building and mai
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Alexa, Wie hast du's mit der Religion? Theologische Zugänge zu Technik und künstlicher Intelligenz
Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (wbg) (2023), 306 pp.
"Wie kann Theologie zu Technik und KI beitragen? Der Technikdiskurs ist aufgeladen mit religiösen Motiven, und Technologien wie Roboter fordern die Theologie, z. B. das Menschenbild, die Ethik und die religiöse Praxis, neu heraus. Der Sammelband erforscht aus theologischer Perspektive die drängen
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What it Takes to be Religious: Religion Online Vs. Online Religion
Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, volume 16, issue 2 (2023), pp. 161-179
"This study aims to examine how active users of social media in relation to their religious values and commitments evaluate the construction and byproducts of religion online. The results show that there are three main repertoires related to the use of social media and religiosity in Turkey: religio
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Hacia una plena presencia: Reflexión pastoral sobre la interacción en las Redes Sociales
Ciudad del Vaticano: Dicasterio para la Communicación (2023), 36 pp.
"Las siguientes páginas son el resultado de una reflexión en la que han participado expertos, educadores, jóvenes profesionales y líderes, laicos, sacerdotes y religiosos. Su objetivo es afrontar algunas de las principales cuestiones relativas al modo en que los cristianos deberían participar e
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