[Air-l] religion and the internet

[Barry Wellman]

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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:34:12 -0500
From: Blackwell Publishing <BlackwellEmail at bos.blackwellpublishing.net>
To: wellman at chass.utoronto.ca
Subject: Special Issue from Religious Studies Review

Special Issue: Religion and the Internet
Guest Editor: Christopher Helland

Read the introduction by Guest Editor Christopher Helland FREE on Blackwell-Synergy: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/rsr/32/4.

This special issue of Religious Studies Review was organized to provide accurate, up-to-date information on websites useful to scholars studying religion. Contributors to the issue were asked two very general questions, posed as though they came from a student or a faculty member without a background in their field:

-"What are some good websites for getting information about your topic of research?"
-"Why are those websites reliable?"

In addressing these questions, some contributors selected three or four websites that they believed were the best for this pursuit. In other cases, the contributors recognized themes or categories of online activities related to their field of study and then chose websites that were best suited for that particular theme. In both cases, contributors reviewed some of the most up-to-date and important websites, explaining why they are good sources, what type of information can be found at the site, and also some of the limitations or cautions that should be taken when using the Internet and the Web for their particular research.

Topics covered in the special issue are:

-Biblical studies
-Christianity
-Wicca
-Witchcraft
-Modern Paganism
-New religious movements
-Buddhism
-Judaism
-Islam
-Hinduism
-Religious statistics
-Religion and the media

Browse the abstracts online: www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/rsr/32/4.

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