| Mediating Piety: Technology and Religion in Contemporary Asia Contributor(s): Lim, Francis Khek Gee (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004178392 ISBN-13: 9789004178397 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $134.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 201.638 |
| LCCN: 2009025610 |
| Series: Social Sciences in Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.5" (1.25 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A timely and groundbreaking work, here is a comprehensive analysis of the interactions between religion and technology in Asia today. How does the use of technology affect people's experience of spirituality and the formation of religious identity and community? How do developments in the latest technological breakthroughs such as the Internet influence the ways people constitute themselves as social beings, and how does it shape their experience of the sacred and the divine? Conversely, to what extent, and in what ways do religious beliefs and practices shape people's attitude towards new technology and its deployment? Combining wide-ranging empirical investigations and sophisticated theoretical reflections, this book demonstrates how the technological and the religious often intersect with the political, thereby elucidating the complex relationships between spirituality, social and identity formation, sovereignty and power. |