The Bible, Social Media and Digital Culture

ISBN-13: 9780367787929 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 130 str.

Peter M. Phillips

Opis

This book centres on the use of the Bible within contemporary digital social media culture and gives an overview of its use online with examples from brand new research from the CODEC Research Centre at Durham University, UK. It examines the shift from a propositional to a therapeutic approach to faith from a sociological standpoint.

Spis treści

Introduction;

1 The contemporary context of Bible engagement, especially in the UK and USA;

2 The Bible, Social Media and Digital Culture;

3 Popular Bible verses on social media;

4 Analysis/reflection;

5 Some potential contributory factors: performative belief, MTD and media ecology;

Conclusion: an ordinary canon within social media engagement?

O autorze

Peter M. Phillips is Research Fellow in Digital Theology and the Director of the CODEC Research Centre at Durham University, UK. He has many years of experience teaching and researching the New Testament and now explores the interface between the digital and theological.