The Third Spaces of Digital Religion

This book explores how religious meaning is generated and performed in our digital media ecosystem, using the spatial metaphor of a third space to visualize the mobility of everyday religion. It consists of seven original essays that discuss the complex intersections of the digital and religion, demonstrating how third spaces of religion stand out by virtue of their in-betweenness. Case studies reflect on the creative outcomes of this condition and the emergence of other places of religious and spiritual meaning.

Format: Hardback
Length: 124 pages
Publication date: 20 March 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This captivating volume delves into the intricate processes through which religious meaning is generated and enacted within our contemporary digital media ecosystem. Employing the spatial metaphor of a "third space," it vividly portrays the fluid mobility of everyday religion, while also exploring the dynamic ways in which individuals envision, produce, and navigate new religious and spiritual realms. Comprising seven original essays, this book offers a rigorous exploration of the intricate intersections between the digital and religion, showcasing how third spaces of religion uniquely emerge through their position of intermediacy. These spaces exist between private and public, institution and individual, authority and individual autonomy, between large media framings and individual consumption, and between local and translocal contexts. Through in-depth analysis of how Muslim, Catholic, and Neo-Pagan identities are cultivated and developed online, case studies shed light on the innovative outcomes of this state of intermediacy and the emergence of other sacred spaces of religious and spiritual significance. By seamlessly blending theoretical analysis with grounded empirical research, this book serves as a vital resource for students and scholars engaged in the study of contemporary religion, media and religion, sociology of religion, religion, and popular culture.

Weight: 400g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367499471