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

Original research that explains how religious conflict is played out on social media.

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Main Author: Pihlaja, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9781107157415
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Summary:Original research that explains how religious conflict is played out on social media.
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Religious Interaction Online -- 1.1 The Internet -- 1.2 Outreach and Dialogue in a Historical Context -- 1.3 Conversion, Reversion, and Coming Out -- 1.4 Belief and Community in Online Spaces -- 1.5 Key Questions -- 2 Finding and Analyzing Religious Interaction -- 2.1 YouTube and Facebook Videos in Context -- 2.2 ''Dear Mr. Muslim -- Dear Mr. Atheist'': Description of Data -- 2.3 Approaching Public Social Media Exchanges -- 2.3.1 Discourse Dynamics -- 2.3.2 Discourse-Centered Online Ethnography -- 2.3.3 Description of Data -- 2.4 Analyzing Public Social Media Data -- 2.4.1 Positioning Analysis -- 2.4.2 Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies -- 2.5 Ethical Issues in Online Data -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 3 Conflicts -- 3.1 A Culture of Conflict -- 3.2 Positioning and Attacking -- 3.3 Appealing and Consensus Building -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4 Stories and Storylines -- 4.1 Stories and Sacred Texts on Social Media -- 4.2 Conversion, Reversion, and Change -- 4.3 Positions without Stories -- 4.4 Conclusion -- 5 Themes -- 5.1 Themes and Keywords in Videos -- 5.2 Themes and Keywords in Comments -- 5.3 Registers -- 5.4 Celebrities and Communities -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6 Evangelical Outreach: Arguing, Appealing, and Consoling -- Appendix -- Joshua Feuerstein Videos -- John Fontain Videos -- theamazingatheist Videos -- References -- Index.
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ISBN:1108594786