Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
12-2001
Abstract
This paper reviews the literature on the religion-technology nexus, drawing up a research agenda and offering preliminary empirical insights. Firsts I stress the need to explore the new politics of space as a consequence of technological development, emphasizing questions about the role of religion in effecting a form of religious (neo)imperialism, and uneven access to techno-religious spaces. Second, I highlight the need to examine the politics of identity and community, since cyberspace is not an isotropic surface. Third, I underscore the need to engage with questions about the poetics of religious community as social relations become mediated by technology. Finally, I focus on questions about the poetics of place, particularly the technological mediation of rituals.
Keywords
religion, technology, cyberspace, place, space, community
Discipline
Human Geography | Religion
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Area
Volume
33
Issue
4
First Page
404
Last Page
413
ISSN
0004-0894
Identifier
10.1111/1475-4762.00046
Publisher
Wiley
Citation
Kong, Lily.(2001). Religion and Technology: Refiguring Place, Space, Identity and Community. Area, 33(4), 404-413.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1715
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4762.00046