Anthropological Perspectives on the Religious Uses of Mobile Apps

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fewkes, Jacqueline H. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Religions.; Ethnology.; Mass media.; Communication.; Technology-Sociological aspects.; Religion and sociology.; Comparative Religion.; Social Anthropology.; Media Sociology.; Science and Technology Studies.; Sociology of Religion.

This edited volume deploys digital ethnography in varied contexts to explore the cultural roles of mobile apps that focus on religious practice and communities, as well as those used for religious purposes (whether or not they were originally developed for that purpose). Combining analyses of local...