Religious Talk Online: The Evangelical Discourse of Muslims, Christians, and Atheists

ISBN-13: 9781316610183 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 196 str.

Stephen Pihlaja

Opis

In the online world, people argue about anything and everything - religion is no exception. This book explains how and why religious conflict occurs online and how people of different religious beliefs interact on social media. It will appeal to researchers and students in sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, particularly those working on social media and religious language.

Recenzje

'Pihlaja's book is a promising attempt to analyze the field of religious discourse online from a novel perspective. With his background in linguistics, Pihlaja's approach is a welcome addition to the existing body of research from media studies, religious studies, and theology. His book is innovative in its inclusion of atheist voices, as well as in the historical contextualization of patterns of interreligious dialogue, which would deserve a study of its own. With regard to methodology, the incorporation of corpus linguistics is definitely an approach that seems fit for online discourse data. Hopefully, this study opens the door for further in-depth engagement with digital methodology in the study of religion online.' Frederik Elwert, Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture

Spis treści

1. Introduction: religious interaction online; 2. Finding and analysing religious interaction; 3. Conflicts; 4. Stories and storylines; 5. Themes; 6. Conclusion: Evangelical outreach – arguing, appealing, and consoling.