Minecrafting Bar Mitzvah: Two Rabbis Negotiating and Cultivating Learner-Driven Inclusion through New Media
In 2013, a boy with special needs used the video game Minecraft to deliver the sermon at his bar mitzvah at a Reform synagogue, an apparently unique ritual phenomenon to this day. Using a narrative inquiry approach, this article examines two rabbis’ negotiations with new media, leading up to, during...
| Publié dans: | Journal of religion, media and digital culture |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2020
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| Dans: |
Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Année: 2020, Volume: 9, Numéro: 2, Pages: 185-206 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Judaïsme réformé
/ Enseignement de la religion
/ Bar Mitzvah (Fête)
/ Minecraft (Jeu vidéo)
/ Inclusion (Sociologie)
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Vie religieuse BH Judaïsme ZG Sociologie des médias; médias numériques; Sciences de l'information et de la communication |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
differentiated learning
B Inclusion B Accessibility B Rituel B Narrative B Video Games B Judaism |
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| Résumé: | In 2013, a boy with special needs used the video game Minecraft to deliver the sermon at his bar mitzvah at a Reform synagogue, an apparently unique ritual phenomenon to this day. Using a narrative inquiry approach, this article examines two rabbis’ negotiations with new media, leading up to, during, and upon reflection after the event. The article explores acceptance, innovation, and validation of new media in religious practice, drawing on Campbell’s (2010) framework for negotiation of new media in religious communities. Clergy biography, philosophy, and institutional context all impact the negotiations with new media. By providing context of a set of factors influencing a particular negotiation and validation of a ritual and educational innovation using new media, the article intends to demonstrate the importance of clergy narrative for understanding new media negotiations in religious settings, and in particular in progressive religious communities |
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| ISSN: | 2165-9214 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/21659214-BJA10019 |