Religion in the Age of Digitalization

This book examines the current use of digital media in religious engagement and how new media can influence and alter faith and spirituality.

Introduction- Giulia Isetti, Elisa Innerhofer, Harald Pechlaner, Michael de Rachewiltz; PART 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; 2 Understanding God in the Web 2.0-Claudia Paganini; 3 Buddhism in the Age of Digital Reproduction-Gregory Price Grieve and Daniel Veidlinger; 4 Hinduism and New Media: Identities Being Deconstructed and Constructed-Augustine Pamplany; 5 To use or not to use the Internet to support Religious and Spiritual Life-Isabelle Jonveaux; 6 Networked Individuals: The Virtual Reality of the Sabbath in 21st Century American Judaism-Andrea Lieber;7 Robots, Religion and Communication: Rethinking Piety, Practices and Pedagogy in the Era of Artificial Intelligence-Pauline Hope Cheong; PART 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; 9 Religion and Digitalization: A Discussion between Ivo Muser and Harald Pechlaner; 10 Is Transhumanism a Religion?-Boris Rähme; 11 Are "Spiritual Machines" possible?-Michael de Rachewiltz; 12 A Digital Spirituality for Digital Humans?-Lucia Galvagni; 13 Experience and Information: Thoughts on Spirituality in a Time of Information Flooding-Harald Walach; 14 The Correlation between Ethics and Technology-Peter G. Kirchschlaeger; Outlook: Digital Religion and (Dis-)Embodiment-Georg Gasser