"From the printing press to the telegraph, through radio, TV and the Internet, TechGnosis explores the mystical impulses that lie behind our obsession with information technology. In this book, writer and cyber guru Erik Davis demonstrates how religious imagination, magical drea…
Muhammad in the digital age
Muhammad in the digital age
"The early twenty-first century has experienced an unrivaled dissemination of information and misinformation about Islam, its prophet Muhammad, and its followers, largely facilitated by the fact that the tragedy of 9/11 roughly coincided with the advent of the digital age. In th…
Happiest in the margins : Amish approaches to participation in high-tech capitalism -- From the fence to the switch : configuring communication systems for sanctuary -- Explicit structure, communal decisions : setting sanctuary's bounds -- Where the "rules" end, informal approac…
"Examination of how groups at the margins of the global economy-in this case, the Amish-use information and communication technologies"--
"Examination of how groups at the margins of the global economy-in this case, the Amish-use information and communication technologies"--
"Providing detailed case studies, this book explores the vibrant digital expressions of diverse groups of Muslim cybernauts: religious clerics and Sufi mystics, feminists and fashionistas, artists and activists, Hajj pilgrims and celebrities. Together, these stories span a vast …
''Written by the leading scholars in digital Islam, this book provides detailed case studies that explore the vibrant digital expressions of diverse groups of Muslim cybernauts: religious clerics and Sufi mystics, feminists and fashionistas, artists and activists, Hajj pilgrims …
"Providing detailed case studies, this book explores the vibrant digital expressions of diverse groups of Muslim cybernauts: religious clerics and Sufi mystics, feminists and fashionistas, artists and activists, Hajj pilgrims and celebrities. Together, these stories span a vast …