[Commlist] CfP Theology and Digital Media

CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite scholars to submit proposals to the panel /Theology and 
Digital Media: a Comparative Perspective from Christian Churches/, which 
will be organized at the Annual Conference of European Academia of 
Religion (June 22-25, 2020, Bologna, Italy).

Please send your abstract up to 300 words to Marianna Napolitano (La 
Fondazione per le Scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII) 
(mariannanapolitano /at/ hotmail.com) <mailto:(mariannanapolitano /at/ hotmail.com)>  
and to Ekaterina Grishaeva (Ural Federal University) 
(katherina.grishaeva /at/ gmail.com) by /December 20, 2019/.

*Panel description*

Since the Internet has gained a deep penetration into the everyday life 
of a lot of societies, Christian Churches strive to increase their 
presence on digital media for missionary and spiritual purposes and in 
order to counterbalance the negative coverage in secular media. This 
change has brought about the need for digital professionals who use 
their media and technical skills to create resources for Churches. Heidi 
Campbell (2016) coins the term ‘digital creatives’ to signify this new 
group of professionals.

At the same time, the ways Christian Churches use digital media are 
closely entangled with existing institutional practices and are shaped 
by theological dispositions. They may vary in Catholic, Orthodox and 
Protestant Churches.

This panel is aimed at a comparison of how Christian Churches adopt 
digital media for religious purposes. The comparison will be worked out 
through the dialogue between scholars who study the adaptation of 
digital media by Christian Churches and digital creatives, i.e., 
ministers and/or priests from these Churches who work with digital media.

Papers that scrutinize digital media uses in Christian Churches from 
theoretical, theological and practical perspectives are particularly 
welcome.


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