Margarita Simon Guillory

Africana Religion in the Digital Age

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Produktbeschreibung

This book diversifies the fields of digital religion studies and Africana religious studies by considering the nuanced intersections between digital technologies and the religious experiences of African Americans.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9780367367817
• ISBN-10: 0367367815
• Artikelnr.: 71643212

Autorenporträt

Margarita Simon Guillory is an Associate Professor of Religion and African American & Black Diaspora Studies at Boston University. She is the inaugural Associate Director of the Digital Humanities Initiative, which is housed in the Boston University Center for the Humanities. Her publications include Social and Spiritual Transformation in African American Spiritual Churches (Routledge, 2018) and Esotericism in African American Religious Experience (2014). In addition to these works, she has published articles in The Black Scholar, Journal of Gnostic Studies, Culture and Religion, and Pastoral Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Back Down Memory Lane: A Reflection on Africana Religion,
Technology, and Identity; 1. The Telegraphic Mediumship of African American
Spiritualists; 2. Digital Mystics: Black Podcasters and Mystical Instances
of Becoming; 3. Witches of Color, Social Media, and the Construction of
Complex Identities; 4. "Things Have to Change:" Human Enhancement
Technologies in Hoodoo; 5. Playing with Vodou/Voodoo: Race, Religion, and
Representation in Video Games.