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Title Mediating piety : technology and religion in contemporary Asia / edited by Francis Khek Gee Lim.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Social sciences in Asia, 1567-2794 ; v. 26
Social sciences in Asia ; v. 26.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Charismatic technology / Francis Khek Gee Lim -- Religion in the age of technology -- Technologies, religion and social mediation / Bryan S. Turner -- The fate of God in the age of technology / Anton Sevilla -- Technology, religion and nationalism -- A message from Ashabirin : high technology and political Islam in Indonesia / Sulfi kar Amir -- Powerpointing Islam : form and spiritual reform in Reformasi Indonesia / Daromir Rudnyckyj -- Mediating piety -- A spectacle of worship : technology, modernity and the rise of the Christian megachurch / Joseph Nathan Cruz -- The "short-waved faith" : Christian broadcasting and Protestant conversion of the Hmong in Vietnam / Ngo Thi Thanh Tam -- 'New media', religious discourse, community -- Shopping for God : media and religion in Singapore / Robin Chee and James Chen -- The new face of global evangelism : virtualizing spiritual experience / Jayeel Serrano Cornelio -- Religious ecology on the internet: a case study of Tibetan Buddhism / Low Yuen Wei.
Summary Combining wide-ranging empirical investigations and sophisticated theoretical reflections, this book offers a comprehensive analysis on the interactions between religion and technology, thereby elucidating the complex relationships between spirituality, social and identity formation, sovereignty and power.
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Subject Religion and science.
Religion and science.
Technology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Technology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Technology -- Asia.
Technology.
Asia.
Mass media -- Religious aspects.
Mass media -- Religious aspects.
Asia -- Religion.
Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Lim, Francis Khek Gee.
Other Form: Print version: Mediating piety. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004178397 (DLC) 2009025610 (OCoLC)417444650
ISBN 9789047440741 (electronic book)
9047440749 (electronic book)
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9781282950641
9789004178397
9004178392