[ecrea] CfP Religion, new media and social change

CfP for the Special Issue of the journal State, Religion and Church in 
Russia and Worldwide" / "Gosudarstvo, religiia, tserkov' v Rossii i za 
rubezhom" (http://religion.ranepa.ru <http://religion.ranepa.ru/>)


    * Theme: Religion, new media and social change


    * Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 20 of December (email
    to: (religion /at/ ranepa.ru) <mailto:(religion /at/ ranepa.ru)> and
    (katherina.grishaeva /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(katherina.grishaeva /at/ gmail.com)>)




The quarterly peer-reviewed Russian language journal "State, Religion 
and Church in Russia and Worldwide" / "Gosudarstvo, religiia, tserkov' v 
Rossii i za rubezhom" (http://religion.ranepa.ru) will dedicate a 
special issue in the spring of 2020 to religion, new media and social 
change.


Religions have been changed in interplay with media. In media-saturated 
societies, movies, books, computer games and social media largely shape 
the audience’ views of religions. As a result, technicians and content 
creators have gained a religious authority that challenges the monopoly 
of religious leaders on sacred knowledge. Commercialization and 
orientation on mass consumer lead to the "banalization of religions". In 
the meantime, religious organizations strive to be visible in media and 
use them for missionary purposes and for conveying religious messages to 
believers across the globe.

In this issue, we will focus on the changes that occurred in religious 
discourses, practices and institutions as a result of new media use. We 
will address theoretical approaches that conceptualize the interaction 
between religion and media, as well as different cases in order to show 
how new media transform religions and offer special forms of mediation 
of the sacred knowledge. The range of issues we encourage you to raise 
in your papers may include:

* representations of religions in new media

* religious practices that arise within the new media settings

* features of religious networks and interplay between online and 
offline activities of religious communities

* the ways new media challenge religious authorities, identities, and 
boundaries of religious communities.



The journal invites potential participants to submit an application by 
*December 20, 2018* to the editorial address ((religion /at/ ranepa.ru) 
<mailto:(religion /at/ ranepa.ru)>) and to the addresses of the guest editor, 
Ekaterina Grishaeva ((katherina.grishaeva /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(katherina.grishaeva /at/ gmail.com)>). The application should include 
a title, an abstract (300-500 words), and a short CV. The deadline for 
submitting the completed paper will be *September 15, 2019*. The length 
of the paper should be about 7000 words.


Even the journal is published in Russian, we accept applications and 
papers written in other languages(preferably, in English).


If you have any specific questions, please, do not hesitate to contact us.



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