Religion in the age of digitalization: from new media to spiritual machines
Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY:
Routledge
(2021), xii, 195 pp.
ISBN 978-0-367-40819-0 (hbk); 978-0-367-80922-5 (ebook)
"Divided into two sections, the chapters included in the first section of the book present case studies from five major religions: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism and their engagement with digitalization. The second section of the volume explores the moral, ideological but also ontological implications of our increasingly digital lives." (Publisher)
Contents
Introduction / Giulia Isetti, Elisa Innerhofer, Harald Pechlaner, Michael de Rachewiltz, 1
I. RELIGIOUS PRACTICES IN THE AGE OF DIGITALIZATION
1 Islam and New Media: Islam has entered the Chat / Ruqayya Yasmine Khan with Ashley Kyong Aytes, 13
2 Understanding God in the Web 2.0 / Claudia Paganini, 25
3 Buddhism in the Age of Digital Reproduction / Gregory Price Grieve and Daniel Veidlinger, 35
4 Hinduism and New Media: Identities Being Deconstructed and Constructed / Augustine Pamplany, 47
5 To use or not to use the Internet to support Religious and Spiritual Life / Isabelle Jonveaux, 61
6 Networked Individuals: The Virtual Reality of the Sabbath in 21st Century American Judaism / Andrea Lieber, 72
7 Robots, Religion and Communication: Rethinking Piety, Practices and Pedagogy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence / Pauline Hope Cheong, 86
II. RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL HOPES IN THE DIGITAL TURN
8 Technology: The New God? Techno-Metaphysics and Homo Deus: Contemporary Attempts Towards A Radical Perspective on the Digital Change of Religion / Roland Benedikter, 99
9 Religion and Digitalization: A Discussion between Ivo Muser and Harald Pechlaner, 115
10 Is Transhumanism a Religion? / Boris Rähme, 119
11 Are „Spiritual Machines" possible? / Michael de Rachewiltz, 135
12 A Digital Spirituality for Digital Humans? / Lucia Galvagni, 144
13 Experience and Information: Thoughts on Spirituality in a Time of Information Flooding / Harald Walach, 155
14 The Correlation between Ethics and Technology / Peter G. Kirchschlaeger, 165
Outlook: Digital Religion and (Dis-)Embodiment / Georg Gasser, 181
I. RELIGIOUS PRACTICES IN THE AGE OF DIGITALIZATION
1 Islam and New Media: Islam has entered the Chat / Ruqayya Yasmine Khan with Ashley Kyong Aytes, 13
2 Understanding God in the Web 2.0 / Claudia Paganini, 25
3 Buddhism in the Age of Digital Reproduction / Gregory Price Grieve and Daniel Veidlinger, 35
4 Hinduism and New Media: Identities Being Deconstructed and Constructed / Augustine Pamplany, 47
5 To use or not to use the Internet to support Religious and Spiritual Life / Isabelle Jonveaux, 61
6 Networked Individuals: The Virtual Reality of the Sabbath in 21st Century American Judaism / Andrea Lieber, 72
7 Robots, Religion and Communication: Rethinking Piety, Practices and Pedagogy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence / Pauline Hope Cheong, 86
II. RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL HOPES IN THE DIGITAL TURN
8 Technology: The New God? Techno-Metaphysics and Homo Deus: Contemporary Attempts Towards A Radical Perspective on the Digital Change of Religion / Roland Benedikter, 99
9 Religion and Digitalization: A Discussion between Ivo Muser and Harald Pechlaner, 115
10 Is Transhumanism a Religion? / Boris Rähme, 119
11 Are „Spiritual Machines" possible? / Michael de Rachewiltz, 135
12 A Digital Spirituality for Digital Humans? / Lucia Galvagni, 144
13 Experience and Information: Thoughts on Spirituality in a Time of Information Flooding / Harald Walach, 155
14 The Correlation between Ethics and Technology / Peter G. Kirchschlaeger, 165
Outlook: Digital Religion and (Dis-)Embodiment / Georg Gasser, 181
