ABSTRACT

This edited volume discusses mediatized religion in Asia, examining the intensity and variety of constructions and processes related to digital media and religion in Asia today. Individual chapters present case studies from various regions and religious traditions in Asia, critically discussing the data collected in light of current mediatization theories. By directing the study to the geographical, cultural and religious contexts specific to Asia, it also provides new material for the theoretical discussion of the pros and cons of the concept mediatization, among other things interrogating whether this concept is useful in non-’Western’ contexts."

part |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|15 pages

Mediatized Religion in Asia

Interrelations of Media, Culture and Society beyond the “West”

part 2|2 pages

Southeast Asia

chapter 5|20 pages

Facebook and the Mediatization of Religion

Inter-/Intrareligious Dialogue in Malaysia 1

chapter 6|16 pages

On-Offline Dakwah

Social Media and Islamic Preaching in Malaysia and Indonesia 1

chapter 7|14 pages

Church Digital Applications and the Communicative Meso-Micro Interplay

Building Religious Authority and Community through Everyday Organizing

part 3|2 pages

South Asia

chapter 8|20 pages

Ravidassia

Neither Sikh nor Hindu? Mediatized Religion in Anti-caste Contexts

chapter 9|23 pages

Digitalizing Tibet

A Critical Buddhist Reconditioning of Hjarvard’s Mediatization Theory

part 4|2 pages

West Asia

chapter 10|27 pages

Being Religious through Social Networks

Representation of Religious Identity of Shia Iranians on Instagram

chapter 11|18 pages

Understanding Jewish Digital Media in Israel

Between Technological Affordances and Religious-Cultural Uses