The Production of Salafi Spaces in Computer-mediated Environments: A Social Theory Perspective on ‘Digital Religion’

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  • Carmen Becker

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)30-49
Seitenumfang20
FachzeitschriftJournal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture
Jahrgang10
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 6 Aug. 2021

Abstract

The concept or notion of ‘digital religion’ has gained traction in recent years in the study of the intersection of media and religion. In this paper, I argue that this concept tends to reify ‘religion’ as a unique, sui generis phenomenon, disregarding decades-long debates about the idea of ‘religion’ in the study of religion. After deconstructing the notion of ‘digital religion’, as put forward in an essay by Stewart Hoover and Nabil Echchaibi (2014), I propose a social theory perspective of (digital) space, drawing mainly from the sociology of space and taking into account affordances and the citational nature of signifying practices. In the final section, I apply this approach to data I gathered during fieldwork online and offline among <jats:italic>Salafi</jats:italic> Muslims in the Netherlands and Germany from 2008 until 2015; this will showcase the potential not only for abstaining from ‘religionizing’ social phenomena but also of a social theory approach to the production of digital spaces.

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The Production of Salafi Spaces in Computer-mediated Environments: A Social Theory Perspective on ‘Digital Religion’. / Becker, Carmen.
in: Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, Jahrgang 10, Nr. 1, 06.08.2021, S. 30-49.

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Becker C. The Production of Salafi Spaces in Computer-mediated Environments: A Social Theory Perspective on ‘Digital Religion’. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture. 2021 Aug 6;10(1):30-49. doi: 10.1163/21659214-bja10033
Becker, Carmen. / The Production of Salafi Spaces in Computer-mediated Environments : A Social Theory Perspective on ‘Digital Religion’. in: Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture. 2021 ; Jahrgang 10, Nr. 1. S. 30-49.
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