Digital Hinduism / edited by Xenia Zeiler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zeiler, Xenia, editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in religion and digital culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hinduism--Computer network resources.

Hinduism.

Digital media--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Digital media.

Computer network resources.

Physical Description:

xiii, 268 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Digital Religion does not simply refer to religion as it is carried out online, but more broadly studies how digital media interrelate with religious practice and belief. This collection explores Digital Hinduism and consequentially studies how Hinduism is expressed in the digital sphere and how Hindus utilise digital media. Highlighting digital Hinduism and including case studies with foci on India, Asia and the global Hindu diaspora, this book features contributions from an interdisciplinary and international panel of academics. The chapters focus on specific case studies, which in summary exemplify the wide variety and diversity of what constitutes Digital Hinduism today. Applying methods and research questions from various disciplinary backgrounds appropriate to the study of religion and digital culture, such as Religious Studies, South Asian Studies, Anthropology and Media and Communication Studies, this book is vital reading for any scholar interested in the relationship between religion and the digital world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : digital Hinduism : studying Hinduism at the intersections of digital media and culture / Xenia Zeiler

Whats(up) with Hinduism? Digital culture and religion among Bengali Hindus / Aparajita De, Rajib Nandi

Hindu religious identification in India's online matrimonial market / Fritzi-Marie Titzmann

Automatic rituals and inadvertent audiences : ISKCON, Krishna and the ritual mechanics of Facebook / Nicole Karapanagiotis

Cultural regrouping in the diaspora : mediating Hindu identity online / Juli L. Gittinger

Authors, self-fashioning and online cultural production in the age of Hindu celevision / Pramod K. Nayar

Instagram your Durga Puja! Social media, hashtags and state-sponsored cultural marketing / Dheepa Sundaram

Sāṃkhyayoga and the Internet : the website of a contemporary Hindu monastic institution / Knut A. Jacobsen

Mediatized gurus : Hindu religious and artistic authority and digital culture / Hanna Mannila, Xenia Zeiler

The Internet : a new marketplace for transacting pūjā items / Vineeta Sinha

Taming Hindu Śakta Tantra on the Internet : online pūjās for the goddess Tripurasundarī / Sravana Borkataky-Varma

New media and spiritualism in India : understanding online spiritualism in convergence cultures / Jesna Jayachandran

Streaming the divine : Hindu temples' digital journeys / Yael Lazar

Reflections on digital Hinduism : sacred images, dominant Hindu narratives and the generational digital divide / Heinz Scheifinger.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Digital hinduism

ISBN:

9781138092358

1138092355

OCLC:

1117314911