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VIOLENCE AND RELIGIOUS ETHICS

virtuallyreligious — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:07:07 CST

Each student should select one article from the list below and put your name and today's date (whatever date today may be) AT THE END OF IT of it IN CAPITAL LETTERS AND BLUE FONT. During the appropriate week, complete the reading, write a summary of the reading, and also post it ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL BLOG. All postings should appear before class. Each article may be assigned to one student only, so choose early and choose wisely. You can change your mind later, but your choices will then be limited only to those articles as yet unclaimed. However, new articles will be added by me as they are located throughout the semester. (Feel free to let me know if you find something appropriate, but DO NOT POST IT ON THESE PAGES - I WILL POST IF APPROPRIATE).

VIRTUAL VIOLENCE (AND THE PROBLEM OF ETHICS ONLINE)

Anderson, Craig A. “Violent Video Games: Myths, Facts and Unanswered Questions.” Psychological Science Agenda 16:5, October 2003. Available at: <http://www.apa.org/science/psa/sb-anderson.html> Accessed January 16, 2008-Harry Muniz.

Ballard, M.E., & Weist, J.R. “Mortal Kombat: the Effects of Violent Video Game Play on Males’ Hostility and Cardiovascular Responding.” Journal of Applied Social Psychology 26, 1996. 717-730. [Available at IC Library]

Bruckman, Amy. “Approaches to Managing Deviant Behavior in Virtual Communities.” Panel Discussion presented at CHI 94 in Boston, MA, April 1994. Organizer and panelist: Amy Bruckman. Panelists: Pavel Curtis, Cliff Figallo. Moderator: Brenda Laurel. Proceedings of CHI, 1994. Boston, MA, April 24-April 27, 1994. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 1994. Available online at: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~asb/papers/old-papers.html#CHI. Accessed January 20, 2008.

Carnagey, Nicholas L, Craig A. Anderson, and Brad J. Bushman. “The Effect of Videogame Violence on Physiological Desensitization to Real-Life Violence.” ScienceDirect: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 43, 2007. 489-496. Available online at: http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/abstracts/2005-2009/07CAB.pdf> Accessed January 16, 2008.

Cooper, Wes. 1996. "Wizards, Toads, and Ethics," in Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine (ISSN 1076-027X), Vol. 3: no. 2 (January). Available at: <http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1996/jan/toc.html> Accessed January 16, 2008.
Cranford, Michael. "The Social Trajectory of Virtual Reality: Substantive Ethics in a World Without Constraints." Technology and Society Vol. 18, 1996. Archived at <http://sundoulos.com/articles.aspx?in=18. >Accessed December 28, 2007.

Dibbell, Julian. "A Rape in Cyberspace: How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trickster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database Into a Society." The Village Voice Vol. 38 (51). December 1993. <juliandibbell.com/texts/bungle_vv.html> Accessed December 29, 2007.

Flanagan, Mary, D. C. Howe, and Helen Nissenbaum. “Values at Play: Design Tradeoffs in Socially-Oriented Game Design.” Proceedings of the CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. April 2-7, 2005. Portland, Oregon. New York: ACM Press. Available at: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1054972.1055076. [requires subscription; ask librarian for help]

Gledhill, Ruth. “Manchester Cathedral Says Sony Apology Not Enough and Issues New Digital Rules.” Times Online. July 6, 2007. Available at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2036423.ece. Accessed January 15, 2008. MARK GLASER

Haeberle, Chuck [a.k.a. "Travelin' Jack" or "Greebo"]. "An Essay on Ethics and Virtual Reality (Don't Get Mud In Your Eye)." LegendMUD Archives. <http://www.legendmud.org/links/essay> Accessed December 29, 2007.

Hamelink, Cees. “Human Rights in Cyberspace.” Prepared in 1998 for the UN Chronicle. Paper presented to the Victorian section of the Australian Communication Association, 5th December, 1989. Available at: http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=283. Accessed January 14, 2008.

Herbst, Claudia. “Extreme Death, Sex, and Computer Graphics Imagery.” Bad Subjects 61, 2002. Available at: http://bad.eserver.org/issues/2002/61/herbst.html. Accessed January 20, 2008. LIZ KRANZ

Hersfeld, Noreen. “Video Shootout.” The Christian Century, May 4, 2004. 22-23. Available at: http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=3049. Accessed January 14, 2008. TIM SCHMITZ
Hodges, M. "Cyber Therapy." Computer Graphics World. Vol. 24. Issue 1. Jan. 2001. 28-35. Archived at: <http://www.cgw.com>. Accessed December 29, 2007. [note to students: you will have to search to find this article but it is there]NIKKI QUARRIER

Terdiman, Daniel. “Playing Games With a Conscience.” Wired Magazine. April 22, 2004. Available at: http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/news/2004/04/63165. Accessed January 17, 2008. PETER MOTZENBECKER
Terdiman, Daniel. “Real World Doesn’t Use a Joystick.” Wired Magazine. January 11, 2005. Available at: http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/news/2005/01/66225. Accessed January 14, 2008. CHRIS HENDRICKSON

Thompson, Clive. “What Kind of Game Cheater Are You?” Wired Magazine. April 23, 2007. Available at: http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/commentary/games/2007/04/gamesfrontiers_0423. Accessed January 17, 2008. Robert Woods

Walsh, David. “Video Game Violence and Public Policy.” National Institute on Media and the Family Conference, 2002. Available at: <http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/conf2001/papers/walsh.html>. Accessed January 16, 2008.

RELIGION BOOKS

virtuallyreligious — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:06:41 CST

Choose one book from the list below. Put YOUR NAME at the END OF THE ENTRY that you have selected in BLUE FONT. Locate a copy of it (I recommend Amazon.com used or half.com). Read it and write a book review. See the specs on WebCT for guidance.

Each entry indicates if it is available at Cornell Library, IC Library, and what the cost should be if you purchase it used. You can also get any of these books via interlibrary loan through the IC Library.

Apolito, Paolo. The Internet and the Madonna: Religious Visionary Experience on the Web. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. [available at Cornell Library] $10
Brasher, Brenda. Give Me That Online Religion. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2001. [available at Cornell Library; IC Library] $7 GAL FLAM
Beaudoin, Tom. Virtual Faith. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1998. [available at Cornell Library; IC Library] $5 Robert Woods
Campbell, Heidi. Exploring Religious Community Online: We Are One in the Network. Peter Lang Publishing, 2005. $30
Cobb, Jennifer. Cybergrace: The Search for God in the Digital World. New York: Crown Publishers, 1998. $1
Dawson, Lorne L. and Douglas E. Cowan. Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet. Routledge Press, 2004. [available at Cornell Library] $30 NIKKI QUARRIER
Foerst, Ann. God in the Machine: What Robots Teach Us About Humanity and God. Dutton Adult, 2004. [available at Cornell Library] $1
Goethals, G. T. The Electronic Golden Calf: Images, Religion, and the Making of Meaning. Cambridge, MA: Cowley Publications, 1990. $2
Groothuis, Douglas R. The Soul in Cyberspace. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1997 [or] Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1999. $1
Hadden, Jeffrey K. and Douglas Cowan, eds. Religion and the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises. Religion and the Social Order Series. Vol. 8. Greenwich, Conn.: Elsevier, 2000. (too expensive to purchase; get via interlibrary loan if interested)
Hojsgaard, M. Religion and Cyberspace. [available at Cornell Library] ($30 but worth it)
Hoover, Stewart. Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media. [available at Cornell Library] $12
Hoover, Stewart and Knut Lundby, ed. Rethinking Media, Religion, and Culture. Sage Publications, 1997. [available at Cornell Library; IC Library] $36
Karaflogka, Anastasia. E-Religion: A Critical Appraisal of Religious Discourse on the World-Wide Web. Equinox Publishing, 2007. $27 at half.com.
Kellner, M. God on the Internet. Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide. 1996. $1 Harry Muniz
Lawrence, B. B. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Religions Online. Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books, 2000. $5 LIZ KRANZ
Mitchell, Jolyon and Sophia Marriage, eds [?]. Mediating Religion: Conversations in Media, Religion, and Culture. T & T Clark Publishers, 2003. $29 PETER MOTZENBECKER
Noble, David. The Religion of Technology: The Divinity of Man and the Spirit of Invention. Penguin, 1999. [available at Cornell Library; IC Library] $5 Chris Hendrickson
Roof, Wade Clark. Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. [available at Cornell Library; IC Library] $12Robert Woods
Schultze, Quentin J. Habits of the High-Tech Heart: Living Virtuously in the Information Age. Baker Books, 2002. [Cornell Library] $4 Ashley May (blue font not available)
Stahl, W. A. God and the Chip: Religion and the Culture of Technology. Waterloo, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1999. [available at Cornell Library; IC Library] $10Greg Rappaport*
Zaleski, Jeffrey. The Soul of Cyberspace: How New Technology Is Changing Our Lives. New York: Harper Collins, 1997. [available at Cornell Library] $1
Wertheim, Margaret. The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1999. [available at Cornell Library] $2

IDENTITY/EMBODIMENT

virtuallyreligious — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:49:29 CST

Anderson, Craig A. “Violent Video Games and Aggressive Behavior in Young Women.” Aggressive Behavior 29, 2003. 423-429. Available at: <http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/abstracts/2000-2004/03AM.pdf> Accessed January 16, 2008.Harry Muniz
Argyle, Katie and Rob Shields. 1996. “Is there a Body in the Net?” In Cultures of Internet: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories, Living Bodies. Rob Shields, ed. 58‑69. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [I have a copy of this book]
Bailey, C. "Virtual Skin: Articulating Race in Cyberspace." In Immersed in Technology: Art and Virtual Environments. M. A. Moser and D. MacLeod, eds. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. 1996. 29-50. [Available at Cornell Library]
Balsamo, Anne. “The Virtual Body in Cyberspace.” In Technologies of the Gendered Body: Reading Cyborg Women. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1996. 116-132. [Available at Cornell Library]
Barglow, Raymond. "Buddhists Armed with Apples: Cultural Contradictions of the New Networking Technologies." Tikkun 15:3. February 19, 2005. 41-44. Available at: http://www.barglow.com/buddhists_armed_with_apples.htm. Accessed January 20, 2008.
Bench, Harmony. “Virtual Embodiment and the Materiality of Images.” Extensions: The Journal of Embodied Technology. Vol. 1, 2004. Available at: http://www.wac.ucla.edu/extensionsjournal/Essays/Bench.htm. Accessed January 21, 2008.
Berman, Joshua and Amy S. Bruckman. "The Turing Game: Exploring Identity in an Online Environment" Convergence Journal. 7:3. 2001. 83-102. Available at: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~asb/papers/convergence-tg-01.pdf. Accessed April 8, 2008.
J. Bryce & J. Rutter. "Spectacle of the Deathmatch: Character and Narrative in First Person Shooters" in G. King & T. Krzywinska (Ed.s). ScreenPlay:
Cinema/videogames/interfaces. Wallflower Press, 2002. 66-80. Available at: http://digiplay.info/files/Spectacle.pdf. Accessed April 8, 2008. TIM SCHMITZ
Davis, Erik. “The Spiritual Cyborg.” Cybersociology. Issue 7: September, 1999. Available at: http://www.cybersociology.com/files/7_erikdavis_html.html Accessed January 17, 2008. CHRIS HENDRICKSON
Flanagan, Mary. "Next Level: Women's Digital Activism through Gaming." Digital Media Revisited. Andrew Morrison, Gunnar Liestøl & Terje Rasmussen, eds. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003. 359 - 388. Available at: http://maryflanagan.com/articles/DigitalMediaRevisted.pdf. Accessed January 21, 2008.
Jenkins, Henry. “‘Complete Freedom of Movement’: Video Games as Gendered Play Spaces.” Available at: http://web.mit.edu/cms/People/henry3/complete.html. Accessed January 20, 2008.NIKKI QUARRIER
Jenkins, Henry. “Voices From the Combat Zone: Game Grrlz Talk Back.” In Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games. Justine Cassell and Henry Jenkins, eds. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1998. Available at: http://web.mit.edu/cms/People/henry3/gamegrrlz.html. Accessed January 20, 2008. LIZ KRANZ
Kull, Anne. “Cyborg Embodiment and the Incarnation.” Currents in Theology and Mission 28, no. 3-4. 2001. 279-284. [Available via interlibrary request]
McIlvenny, Paul. "Avatars R Us? Discourses of Community and Embodiment in Intercultural Cyberspace." Intercultural Communication. August 1999. Issue 1. Available at: http://www.immi.se/intercultural/nr1/mcilvenny.htm. Accessed April 8, 2008. Robert Woods
NagaSiva, Thyagi. "The MUD as a Basis for Western Mysticism." 1992. <http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/gnostik/mudpsyc.html.> Accessed December 28, 2007.*Greg Rappaport*
O'Brien, J. "Writing in the Body: Gender (Re)production in Online Interaction." In Communities in Cyberspace. M. A. Smith and P. Kollock, eds. New York: Routledge Press, 1999. 76-104. Available at: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/faculty/kollock/papers/communities_04.htm. Accesed April 8, 2008.
Phelan, John M. “Cyberwalden.” Available at: <http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=270>. Accessed January 14, 2008.
Kacper Pobłocki. "Becoming-State: The Bio-Cultural Imperialism of Sid Meier's Civilization." Focaal: European Journal of Anthropology. No. 39, 2002. 163-177. Available at: http://www.focaal.box.nl/previous/Forum%20focaal39.pdf. Accessed April 8, 2008.
Porush, David. “Hacking the Brainstem: Postmodern Metaphysics and Stephenson’s SnowCrash” Configurations. Vol. 2, Number 3. Fall 1994. 537-571. [Available online via Project Muse – see if you can find it]
Raybourn, Elaine M. "The Quest for Power, Popularity, and Privilege in Cyberspace: Identity Construction in a Text-Based Multi-User Virtual Reality." Paper presented at the Western Speech Communication Association Conference, Denver, Colorado. February 1998. Available at: http://www.focaal.box.nl/previous/Forum%20focaal39.pdf. Accessed April 8, 2008.
Sisler, Vit. “Representation and Self-Representation: Arabs and Muslims in Digital Games.” In Gaming Realities: A Challenge for Digital Culture. M. Santorineos and N. Dimitriadi. Fournos: Athens, 2006. 85 – 92. Available at: http://www.digitalislam.eu/article.do?articleId=1423. Accessed January 20, 2008.
Tatman, Lucy. “I’d Rather Be a Sinner Than a Cyborg.” European Journal of Women's Studies. 10:1. February 2003. [Available online via Sage – ask a librarian for help]
Taylor, Philippa. “Downloads and Upgrades: The Cyborg Future.” First published in the CBBP Newsletter. Issue 7, Winter 2005/6. Available at: http://www.damaris.org/content/content.php?type=5&id=466. Accessed January 14, 2008. MARK GLASER
Underwood, Marilyn. “Wired Women: Lost (or Found?) in Cyberspace.” Journal of Religion and Society. Vol. 1, 1999. Available at: http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/1999/1999-5.html. Accessed January 21, 2008. ASHLEY MAY
Ward, Logan. Redefining the Human: The Upgradable You. Popular Mechanics May 2006. Available at: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health_medicine/2713146.html?page=1. Accessed January 14, 2008. PETER MOTZENBECKER

RITUAL

virtuallyreligious — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:39:53 CST

Each student should select one article from the list below and put your name and today's date (whatever date today may be) AT THE END OF IT of it IN CAPITAL LETTERS AND BLUE FONT. During the appropriate week, complete the reading, write a summary of the reading, and also post it ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL BLOG. All postings should appear before class. Each article may be assigned to one student only, so choose early and choose wisely. You can change your mind later, but your choices will then be limited only to those articles as yet unclaimed. However, new articles will be added by me as they are located throughout the semester. (Feel free to let me know if you find something appropriate, but DO NOT POST IT ON THESE PAGES - I WILL POST IF APPROPRIATE).

RITUAL IN VIRTUAL REALITY, VIRTUAL REALITY AS RITUAL

Anderson, B. and K. Tracey. "The Significance of Lifestage and Lifecycle Transitions in the Use of Internet Applications and Services." American Behavioral Scientist 45, 2001. 456-475. [Available at Cornell Library – Library Annex]
Banerjee, Neela. “Intimate Confessions Pour Out on Church’s Website.” New York Times. September 1, 2006. Available at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E5D81E3EF932A3575AC0A9609C8B63. Accessed January 17, 2008.NIKKI QUARRIER

Bar-Haim, G. “The Dispersed Sacred. Anomie and the Crisis of Ritual.” In Rethinking Media, Religion, and Culture. Stewart Hoover and K. Lundby, eds. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997. [page numbers?] [Available at IC Library – I have it checked out as of 1/20/08]
Bauer, W. and Gibson, S. "Objects of Ritual." In M. A. Moser and D. MacLeod, eds. Immersed in Technology: Art and Virtual Environments. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1996. 271-274. [Available at Cornell Library – Fine Arts Library]
Clodius, Jennifer A. "Ritual and Religion in DragonMUD." 1995. <http://dragonmud.com/people/jen/ritual.html.> Accessed December 28, 2007. TIM SCHMITZ
Crabtree, Shona. “Finding Religion in Second Life’s Virtual Universe.” WashingtonPost.com. June 16, 2007. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/AR2007061501902.html. Accessed January 17, 2008.Harry Muniz
Danet, Brenda. “Play, Art and Ritual on IRC (Internet Relay Chat).” Presented at the Third Annual Meeting, Association of Internet Researchers. Panel on Magic, Ritual, Performance: Work, Play, Religious Praxis and Digital Technologies. Maastricht. October 13-16, 2002. Available at: http://pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il/~msdanet/papers/ritplay.pdf. Accessed January 21, 2008. LIZ KRANZ
Fernback, J. "Internet Ritual: A Case Study of the Construction of Computer-Mediated Neopagan Religious Meaning." In Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media. Stewart Hoover and Linda Schofield Clark, eds. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2002. [page numbers for this article?] [Available at Cornell Library]
Jacobs, S. (2007). “Virtually Sacred: The Performance of Asynchronous Cyber-rituals in Online Spaces.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 12:3. Article 17. 2007. Available at: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue3/jacobs.html. Accessed January 15, 2008.*Greg Rappaport*
Ostrowski, Ally. “Cyber Communion: Finding God in the Little Box.” Journal of Religion and Society. Vol. 8, 2006. Available at: http://moses.creighton.edu/jrs/2006/2006-10.html> Accessed January 15, 2008. MARK GLASER
Park, S. “Buddhist Religious Life in Cyberspace.” The Buddhist Review 2, 2000. 299-319. [unable to locate this article – is The Buddhist Review another name for Tricycle?]

Pinchbeck, Dan and Brett Stephens. “Ritual Co-Location: Play, Consciousness, and Reality in Artificial Environments.” In Proceedings of Connectivity: The Tenth Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology. Connecticut. 137-146. L. Friedman, ed. Available at: http://www.danpinchbeck.co.uk/PinchbeckStevens.pdf. Accessed January 21, 2008.
Pinchbeck, Dan. “Ludic Reality: A Construct for Analysing Meaning-Mapping and Epistemology in Play.” Available at: http://www.danpinchbeck.co.uk/ludicreality.pdf. Accessed January 21, 2008.
Poremba, Cindy. “Critical Potential on the Brink of the Magic Circle.” Situated Play. Proceedings of DiGRA 2007 Conference. Available at: http://www.shinyspinning.com/cpbmc_digra2007.pdf. Accessed March 21, 2008.PETER MOTZENBECKER
Radde-Antweiler, Kersten. “Rituals Online: Transferring and Designing Rituals.” Online Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet. 2:1, 2006. Available in PDF at: http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/6957. Accessed January 15, 2008. Robert Woods

SPACE/PLACE/TIME

virtuallyreligious — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:28:57 CDT

Each student should select one article from the list below and put your name and today's date (whatever date today may be) AT THE END OF IT of it IN CAPITAL LETTERS AND BLUE FONT. During the appropriate week, complete the reading, write a summary of the reading, and also post it ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL BLOG. All postings should appear before class. Each article may be assigned to one student only, so choose early and choose wisely. You can change your mind later, but your choices will then be limited only to those articles as yet unclaimed. However, new articles will be added by me as they are located throughout the semester. (Feel free to let me know if you find something appropriate, but DO NOT POST IT ON THESE PAGES - I WILL POST IF APPROPRIATE).

SPACE (VIRTUAL SPACE, SACRED SPACE, AND EXPERIENCING THE VIRTUAL AS SACRED)

Adams, Paul C. "Cyberspace and Virtual Places." Geographical Review 87:2. April 1997. 155-171. [Available on JSTOR via IC Library]
Au, Wagner James. “Muslims and the Metaverse: Can Second Life Improve US-Islamic Relations?” New World Notes. Monday, February 11, 2008. Available at: http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/02/muslims-and-the.html. Accessed March 20, 2008. LIZ KRANZ
Au, Wagner James. “The Sacred and the Profane.” New World Notes Archive. August 9, 2004. Available at: http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2004/08/the_sacred_and_.html. Accessed March 20, 2008. GAL FLAM
Canning, Simon. “Telstra Hit over Virtual Uluru.” New.com.au. May 24, 2007. Available at: http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,21785853-462,00.html. Accessed March 20, 2008.*GREG RAPPAPORT*
Davies, C. "Notes on Being in Immersive Virtual Space." In Proceedings of ISEA Conference (Sixth International Symposium on Electronic Arts) Montreal. 1995. [Available via interlibrary loan]
Flanagan, Mary. "Navigable Narratives: Gender +Narrative Spatiality in Virtual Worlds." Art Journal. Vol 59 no. 3. Fall 2000. 74 - 85. Available at: http://maryflanagan.com/articles/navigatingnarrative.pdf. Accessed January 21, 2008.
Hayut-Ma'n, Y.I. “Building the Third Temple Today.” In Let the Old Be Renewed and the New Sanctified. [publication data unknown]. Available in translation at: http://www.thehope.org/tmppat1.htm. Accessed March 20, 2008.
Healy, D. "Cyberspace and Place: The Internet as Middle Landscape on the Electronic Frontier." In Internet Culture. D. Porter, ed. London: Routledge, 1997. 55-72. [Available at IC Library; I also have a copy]
Heim, Michael. “The Feng Shui of Virtual Worlds.” Computer Graphics World. January 2001. Available at: http://www.mheim.com/files/cgw.pdf. Accessed January 21, 2008.*Robert Woods*
Helland, Christopher. “Diaspora on the Electronic Frontier: Developing Virtual Connections with Sacred Homelands.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12:3 Article 10. 2007. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue3/helland.html>. Accessed January 15, 2008. NIKKI QUARRIER
Jacobs, S. (2007). “Virtually Sacred: The Performance of Asynchronous Cyber-rituals in Online Spaces.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 12:3. Article 17. 2007. Available at: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue3/jacobs.html. Accessed January 15, 2008.
Jones, Quentin. "Virtual Communities, Virtual Settlements and Cyber-Archaeology: A Theoretical Outline." Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 3:3. Archived at: <http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol3/issue3/jones.html> Accessed December 29, 2007.
Kallinock, Sabine. “Going on Pilgrimage Online: The Representation of Shia Rituals on the Internet.” Online Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet. 2:1, 2006. Available in PDF at: http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/6954. Accessed January 15, 2008.

Kendall, L. "Recontextualizing 'Cyberspace': Methodological Considerations for On-Line Research." In Doing Internet Research: Critical Issues and Methods For Examining the Net. S. G. Jones, ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999. 57-74. [Available at IC Library]
Kozel, Susan. “Spacemaking: Experinces of a Virtual Body.” Originally appeared in Dance Theatre Journal 11:3, 1994. Available at: http://art.net/~dtz/kozel.html. Accessed January 20, 2008. Chris Hendrickson
MacWilliams, Mark W. "Virtual Pilgrimages on the Internet." Religion. 32, 2002. 315-335. [Available via interlibrary request]

Moltenbrey, Karen. "On Holy Ground." Computer Graphics World. Vol. 29. Issue 7. July 2006. Archived at: <http://www.cgw.com>. Accessed December 29, 2007. [note to students: you will have to search to find this article but it is there]PETER MOTZENBECKER
O'Leary, Stephen D. "Cyberspace as Sacred Space: Communicating Religion on Computer Networks." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 64:4. 1996. 781-808. [Available on JSTOR via IC Library]
Reid, Elizabeth. “Virtual Worlds: Culture and Imagination.” In CyberSociety: Computer‑Mediated Communication and Community, ed. Steven G. Jones, 164‑183. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995. [I have a copy of this]
Taylor, Jim. "Cyber-Buddhism and Changing Urban Space in Thailand". Space and Culture. 6:3. August 2003. 292-308. [Available via interlibrary request] · Taylor, Jonathan. “The Emerging Geographies of Virtual Worlds.” The Geographical Review, Vol. 87:2, April 1997. 172-192. [Available on JSTOR via IC Library]
Wertheim, Margaret. "Is Cyberspace a Spiritual Space?" Cybersociology. Issue 7: September, 1999. Available at: http://www.cybersociology.com/files/7_wertheim.html. Accessed January 17, 2008. *ASHLEY MAY
Wagner, Thomas. “Church of England Calls Sony Game ‘Sick’.” ABC News. From The Associated Press. June 9, 2007. Available at: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3261847. Accessed January 15, 2008.Harry Muniz
Wilbur, S. P. "An Archaeology of Cyberspaces: Virtuality, Community, Identity." In Internet Culture. D. Porter, ed. New York: Routledge Press, 1997. 5-22. [Available in IC Library; I also have a copy]

VIRTUAL REALITY BOOKS

virtuallyreligious — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:25:52 CDT

Choose one book from the list below. Put YOUR NAME at the END OF THE ENTRY that you have selected in BLUE FONT. Locate a copy of it (I recommend Amazon.com used or half.com). Read it and write a book review. See the specs on Blackboard for guidance.

Each entry indicates if it is available at Cornell Library, IC Library, and what the cost should be if you purchase it used. You can also get any of these books via interlibrary loan through the IC Library.

Aarseth, Espen. Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. [available at Cornell Library] $15
Benedikt, Michael, ed. Cyberspace: First Steps. The MIT Press, 1992. [available at Cornell Library, IC Library] $1
Gitlin, Todd. Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2002. [available at Cornell Library] $8Ashley May(blue font not available)
Hayles, N. Katherine. How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics. University of Chicago Press, 1999. [available at Cornell Library, IC Library] $11
Hillis, Ken. Digital Sensations: Space, Identity and Embodiment in Virtual Reality. University of Minnesota Press, 1999. [available at Cornell Library] $8
Holmes, David, ed. Virtual Politics: Identity and Community in Cyberspace. London: Sage, 1997. [available at Cornell Library] (too expensive to purchase)
Jenkins, Henry. Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Combine. NYU Press, 2006. [available at Cornell Library, IC Library] $20 Harry Muniz
Jones, Steve, ed. Virtual Culture: Identity and Communication in Cybersociety. Sage Publications, 1997. [available at Cornell Library; IC Library] $30 MARK GLASER
------------------. Cybersociety: Computer-mediated Communication and Community. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995. [available at IC Library] $3*Greg Rappaport*
Levy, P. Becoming Virtual:Reality in the Digital Age. New York: Plenum Press, 1998. [available at Cornell Library] $14 PETER MOTZENBECKER
Ludlow, P. ed. High Noon on the Electronic Frontier: Conceptual Issues in Cyberspace. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1996. [available at Cornell Library] $1
McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1994. [available at Cornell Library; IC Library] $10
Munster, Anna. Materializing New Media: Embodiment in Information Aesthetics. Interfaces: Studies in Visual Culture Series. Dartmouth Press, 2006. [available at Cornell Library] $22
Murray, Janet H. Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace. Free Press, 1997. [available at Cornell Library; IC Library] $8 Nikki Quarrier
Niasbett, John. High Tech / High Touch: Technology and Our Accelerated Search for Meaning. London: Nicholas Brealey Publishing. 1999. [available at Cornell Library] $1
Rheingold, Howard. The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier. The MIT Press, 2000. [available at Cornell Library; IC Library] $7
Shields, Rob. Cultures of the Internet: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories, Living Bodies. London: Sage Publications, 1996. $3 LIZ KRANZ
Smith, Marc A. and Peter Kollock, eds. Communities in Cyberspace. New York: Routledge, 1999. [available at Cornell Library] $30
Taylor, T. L. Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture. The MIT Press, 2006. [available at Cornell Library; IC Library] $20 GAL FLAM
Turkle, Sherry. Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. [available at Cornell Library] $15 [special edition recommended]
-----------------. The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit. The MIT Press, 2005. Chris Hendrickson

COMMUNITY

virtuallyreligious — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:29:24 CDT

Each student should select one article from the list below and put your name and today's date (whatever date today may be) AT THE END OF IT of it IN CAPITAL LETTERS AND BLUE FONT. During the appropriate week, complete the reading, write a summary of the reading, and also post it ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL BLOG. All postings should appear before class. Each article may be assigned to one student only, so choose early and choose wisely. You can change your mind later, but your choices will then be limited only to those articles as yet unclaimed. However, new articles will be added by me as they are located throughout the semester. (Feel free to let me know if you find something appropriate, but DO NOT POST IT ON THESE PAGES - I WILL POST IF APPROPRIATE).

COMMUNITY, RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE, AND VIRTUAL REALITY

Baym, N. K. "The Emergence of On-Line Community." In Cybersociety 2.0: Revisiting Computer-Mediated Communication and Community. S. Jones, ed. Thousand Oakes, CA: Sage Publications, 1998. 35-68. [Available at IC Library]

Brasher, Brenda E. “Thoughts on the Status of the Cyborg: On Technological Socialization and Its Link to the Religious Function of Popular Culture.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 64:4. 1996. 809-830. Available at: <http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=404>. Accessed January 14, 2008. [also available on JSTOR]
Bromberg, Heather. “Are MUDs Communities? Identity , Belonging and Consciousness in Virtual Worlds.” In Cultures of Internet: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories, Living Bodies. Rob Shields, ed. 143‑152. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1996. [I have a copy of this book; or get it via interlibrary loan]
Bruckman, Amy, "Finding One's Own in Cyberspace," Technology Review 99:1 January 1996. 48-54. Available online at: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~asb/papers/tr-finding-ones-own.pdf. Accessed January 20, 2008.
Cohen, Debra Nussbaum. “When a Spiritual and a Romantic Quest Leads to the Web.” New York Times. July 31, 2004. Available at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9C03E6DA1E3DF932A05754C0A9629C8B63&scp=39&sq=religion. Accessed January 18, 2008. MARK GLASER
Crumm, David. “Forty Strangers in a Virtual Room Talk about Religion.” Wired Magazine. July 12, 2007. Available at: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/07/open_source_religion. Accessed January 17, 2008.TIM SCHMITZ
Davis, Erik. "Technopagans." Wired 3:07. July 1995. Available at: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.07/technopagans.html. Accessed January 18, 2008.
Dawson, Lorne L. and Jenna Hennebry, "New Religions and the Internet: Recruiting in a New Public Space." Journal of Contemporary Religion 14, 1, 1999. [Available online via Academic Search Premier via IC Library]
Dotinga, Randy. “Flying Spaghetti Monsters Inspires Wonky Religious Debate.” Wired Magazine. November 11, 2007. Available at: http://www.wired.com/culture/education/news/2007/11/flying_spaghetti_monster. Accessed January 17, 2008. LIZ KRANZ
Feder, Barnaby J. “The First Church of Cyberspace: Services Tomorrow.” New York Times. May 15, 2004. Available at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE0DA163FF936A25756C0A9629C8B63&scp=52&sq=religion. Accessed January 17, 2008.*GREG RAPPAPORT*
Heffernan, Virginia. “God and Man on YouTube.” New York Times. November 4, 2007. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/magazine/04wwln-medium-t.html?scp=14&sq=religion. Accessed January 17, 2008.Linderman, A.G. and M. Lövheim. “Internet, Religion, and the Attribution of Social Trust.” In Studies in Media, Religion, and Culture. Edinburgh, London, and New York: T & T Clark/Continuum, 2003. [page numbers?] [Available via interlibrary loan]*ASHLEY MAY
Mosteller, Rachel. “Taking the Debate About God Online, and Battling It Out With Videos.” New York Times. February 17, 2007. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/17/us/17religion.html?_r=1&fta=y&oref=slogin. Accessed January 17, 2008. O'Leary, Stephen D. and Brenda E. Brasher. "The Unknown God of the Internet: Religious Communications from the Ancient Agora to the Virtual Forum." In Philosophical Perspectives on Computer-Mediated Communication. C. Ess, ed. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1996. 233-269. [available at IC Library]
Rafaeli, S. and F. Sudweeks. "Interactivity on the Net." In Network and Netplay: Virtual Groups on the Internet. F. Sudweeks, M. McLaughlin and S. Rafaeli, eds. Menlo Park, CA: AAAI Press, MIT Press, 1998. 173-189. [I have a copy of this]
Sang-Hun, Choe. “Shamanism Enjoys Revival in Techno-Savvy South Korea.” New York Times. July 7, 2007. Available online at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/07/world/asia/07korea.html?scp=40&sq=religion. Accessed January 17, 2008. CHRIS HENDRICKSON
Schroeder, Ralph. "Networked Worlds: Social Aspects of Multi-User Virtual Reality Technology." Sociological Research Online 2:4 1997. <http://www.socresonline.org.uk/socresonline/2/4/5.html> Accessed December 29, 2007.
Schroeder, Ralph, Noel Heather, and Raymond M. Lee. “The Sacred and the Virtual: Religion in Multi-User Virtual Reality.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 4:2, 1998. Available at: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol4/issue2/schroeder.html. Accessed January 15, 2008.NIKKI QUARRIER
Shapiro, A. L. "The Net That Binds: Using Cyberspace to Create Real Communities." The Nation. June 21, 1999. 11-15. Archived at: <http://www.thenation.com/doc/19990621/shapiro> Accessed December 29, 2007. Robert Woods
Sink, Mindy. “Now Available, Spiritual Connection on the Internet.” New York Times. December 28, 2002. Available at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00EFDA1F3CF93BA15751C1A9649C8B63&scp=72&sq=religion. Accessed January 18, 2008. GAL FLAM
Sink, Mindy. “Spiritual Issues Lead Many to the Net.” New York Times. September 6, 2003. Available at: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E3DB1F38F935A3575AC0A9659C8B63&scp=94&sq=religion. Accessed January 17, 2008.PETER MOTZENBECKER
Spadero, Antonio. “Jesuits Say Take Word of God to Second Life.” Reuters. July 27, 2007. Available at: http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL2777496320070727?feedType=RSS. Accessed January 15, 2008.
Stolz, Martin. “Split Over the Mormon Church, But Maintaining Some Ties.” New York Times. June 2, 2007. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/02/us/02religion.html?scp=16&sq=religion. Accessed January 18, 2008.
Zezima, Katie. “Web Space Where Religion and Social Networking Meet.” New York Times. June 30, 2007. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/30/us/30religion.html.> Accessed January 17, 2008.Harry Muniz

TEXTUALITY AND NARRATIVITY

virtuallyreligious — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:47:38 CDT

Each student should select one article from the list below and put your name and today's date (whatever date today may be) AT THE END OF IT of it IN CAPITAL LETTERS AND BLUE FONT. During the appropriate week, complete the reading, write a summary of the reading, and also post it ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL BLOG. All postings should appear before class. Each article may be assigned to one student only, so choose early and choose wisely. You can change your mind later, but your choices will then be limited only to those articles as yet unclaimed. However, new articles will be added by me as they are located throughout the semester. (Feel free to let me know if you find something appropriate, but DO NOT POST IT ON THESE PAGES - I WILL POST IF APPROPRIATE).

TELLING, HEARING, AND LIVING STORIES: TEXTUALITY AND NARRATIVITY IN RELIGION AND VIRTUAL REALITY

Anon. “Iranians Get In The (Video) Game.” CBS News Online. July 16, 2007. Available online at: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/17/tech/main3066689.shtml?source=RSSattr=GameCore_3066689. Accessed January 17, 2008. LIZ KRANZ

Anderson, J. “The Internet and Islam's New Interpreters.” In New Media in the Muslim World: The Emerging Public Sphere. D. Eickleman, ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1999. 41-55. [I do have a copy of this in my office; also available via interlibrary loan]

Armstrong, Nancy S, Aaron Spiegel, and John Wimmer. “Information Technology in Congregations.” The Christian Century, February 7-14, 2001. 20-23. Available at: http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=2083. Accessed January 14, 2008. ASHLEY MAY (blue font not available)

Borland, John. “Blurring the Line Between Games and Life.” CNET News.com. February 28, 2005. Available at: http://investor.com.com/Blurring+the+line+between+games+and+life/2100-1024_3-5590956.html. Accessed February 11, 2008.Robert Woods

Colhour, D. “McLuhan and a Critical Electronic Ethos: Contexts in Collision Or Harmony?” In Critical Thinking and the Bible in the Age of Media. C. Ess, ed. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2004. 187-197. [Available via interlibrary loan]

Davis, Erik. "Digital Dharma." Wired Magazine 2:08. August 1994. Available online at: http://www.techgnosis.com/dharma.html. Accessed January 20, 2008. MARK GLASER

Davis, Erik. “Surfing the Indranet.” Mediamatic. Spring 1996. Available at: http://www.techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2005-06-15-1948-0.txt. Accessed January 20, 2008.

de Lahunta, Scott. “Virtual Reality and Performance.”PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 70, Vol. 24, No. 1. January 2002. 105-114. [Limited access online; may be available with librarian’s help at: http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/performing_arts_journal/v024/24.1denard.pdf. Chris Hendrickson

Ess, Charles. “The Word Online? Text and Image, Authority and Spirituality in the Age of the Internet.” Special Issue: "The Net: New Apprentices and Old Masters / Nouveaux Horizons, Vielles Hégémonies," Mots Pluriels et Grands Themes de Notre Temps. Revue Électronique de Lettres á Caractére International. Vol. 19. October 2001. Available at: http://motspluriels.arts.uwa.edu.au/MP1901ce.html. Accessed January 15, 2008.

Fischlin, D., and A. Taylor. “Cybertheater, Postmodernism and Virtual Reality: An Interview with Toni Dove and Michael Mackenzie.” Science Fiction Studies 21:1-23. 1994. Available at: http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/interviews/cybertheater62interview.htm. Accessed January 17, 2008.

Fisher, M. "Church in Cyberspace; Its Sacred Writ is on the Net. Its Lawyers Are on the Case." The Washington Post. C:01. August 19, 2005. [Available online for $3.95 at The Washington Post archives; also available online elsewhere for free if you can locate it] Tim Schmitz

Fowler, Robert M. “The Fate of the Notion of Canon in the Electronic Age.” Paper Presented at the Spring 1994 Meeting of the Westar Institute. Available at: http://homepages.bw.edu/~rfowler/pubs/canon/index.html. Accessed January 21, 2008.

Hanas, Jim. “The Story Doesn’t Care: An Interview with Sean Stewart.” Encyclopedia Hanasiana [Blog for Freelance Writer Jim Hanas]. January 25, 2006. Available at: http://www.hanasiana.com/archives/001117.html. Accessed February 12, 2008. NIKKI QUARRIER

Irwin, Mary Jane. “Unlock Hidden TV Show Plots With Alternate Reality Games.” Wired Magazine. 15:6. May 17, 2007. Available at: http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/15-06/st_clue. Accessed February 11, 2008. GAL FLAM

McGonigal, Jane. “A Real Little Game: The Performance of Belief in Pervasive Play.” Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) "Level Up" Conference Proceedings. [date? Location?] Available at: http://www.avantgame.com/MCGONIGAL%20A%20Real%20Little%20Game%20DiGRA%202003.pdf. Accessed February 11, 2008.

Mullins, Phil. “Sacred Text in the Sea of Texts: The Bible in North American Electronic Culture. In Philosophical Perspectives on Computer-Mediated Communication. C. Ess, ed. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1996. [page numbers?] [I have a copy of this book]

Pullella, Philip. “Saint on Cellphones Spark Controversy in Italy.” Reuters. December 4, 2007. Available at: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL047692020071204. Accessed January 15, 2008.Harry Muniz

Ryan, Marie-Laure. “Interactive Drama: Narrativity in a Highly Interactive Environment.” MFS Modern Fiction Studies. Vol. 43, No. 3, Fall 1997. 677-707.

Ryan, Marie-Laure. “Immersion vs. Interactivity: Virtual Reality and Literary Theory.”SubStance. Issue 89. Vol. 28, No. 2), 1999. 110-137.

Wan Ho, Che. “CHANT (CHinese ANcient Texts): A Comprehensive Database of All Ancient Chinese Texts Up to 600 AD” Journal of Digital Information. 3:2, 2002. Available at: <http://journals.tdl.org/jodi/issue/view/14>. Accessed January 18, 2008.

Ward, Richard F. “Dreaming of New Forms and Utterances: Seeds.” Originally appeared in: Reformed Liturgy and Music 30:2, 1996. Available at: <http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=337> Accessed January 14, 2008.

Williams, Raymond B. “Information Technology in Seminaries.” The Christian Century, February 7-14, 2001. 14-17. Available at: http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=2207. Accessed January 14, 2008 GREG RAPPAPORT

Wittern, Christian. "Chinese-Buddhist Texts for the New Millennium: The Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association (CBETA) and its Digital Tripitaka". Journal of Digital Information. 3:2, 2002. Available at: http://journals.tdl.org/jodi/issue/view/14. Accessed January 18, 2008. PETER MOZENBECKER

RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY

virtuallyreligious — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:00:58 CDT

Armfield, Greg G., and R. Lance Holbert. “The Relation Between Religiosity and Internet Use.” Journal of Media and Religion 2:3, 2003. 129-44. [Available via interlibrary request]
Barzilai-Nahon, K., & Barzilai, G. “Cultured Technology: Internet and Religious Fundamentalism.” The Information Society, 21:1, 2005. Available at: http://projects.ischool.washington.edu/karineb/html/pub/techrelig.pdf>. Accessed January 15, 2008.

Campbell, Heidi. “Who's Got the Power? Religious Authority and the Internet.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 12:3. Article 14. 2007. Available at: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue3/campbell.html. Accessed January 15, 2008.

Campbell, Heidi. “Spiritualising the Internet: Uncovering Discourses and Narratives of Religious Internet Use.” Online-Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, 1:1, 2005. Available at: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/volltexte/2005/5824/pdf/Campbell4a.pdf>. Accessed January 15, 2008.

Campbell, Heidi. “Challenges Created by Online Religious Networks.” Journal of Media and Religion, 3 :2. 2004. 81-99. [available online?]

Chryssides, George. “New Religions and the Internet.” Diskus Vol. 4, No. 2, 1996. Available at: http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/chryssides_3.html. Accessed January 15, 2008.Harry Muniz

Ess, Charles, Akira Kawabata, and Hiroyuki Kurosaki. “Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Religion and Computer-Mediated Communication.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 12:3, Article 9, 2007. Available at: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue3/ess.html. Accessed January 15, 2008.

Garner, Stephen. “Hacking With the Divine: A Metaphor for Theology-Technology Engagement.” Colloquium 37, No. 2, 2005. 181-195. Available at: http://www.colloquiumjournal.org/back-issues/37-2/181-195.pdf. Accessed January 21, 2008.

Helland, Christopher. "Surfing for Salvation." Religion 32:4, 2002. 293-302. [available via interlibrary request] NIKKI QUARRIER

Kahn, Joseph. “So Long, Dalai Lama. Google Adapts to China.” New York Times. February 12, 2006. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/weekinreview/12kahn.html?scp=102&sq=religion. Accessed January 17, 2008.

Larsson, Göran. “The Death of a Virtual Muslim Discussion Group.” Online-Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, 1:1, 2005. Available at: http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/volltexte/2005/5825/pdf/Larsson3a.pdf. Accessed January 20, 2008.

Martinelli, Nicole. “Debaptism 2.0: Fleeing the Flock Via the Net.” Wired Magazine. June 7, 2007. Available at: http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2007/06/debaptism. Accessed January 17, 2007. LIZ KRANZ

Mayer, J.F. "Religious Movements and the Internet: The New Frontier of Religious Controversies." In Religion on the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises. J. K. Hadden and D. E. Cowan, eds. Amsterdam and London: JAI Press/Elsevier Science, 2000. [page numbers of chapter?] [Available at Cornell Library]

Pace, Stefano. “Miracles or Love? How Religious Leaders Communicate Trustworthiness Through the Web.” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture. Vol. 7, Summer 2004. Available online at: http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/art7-miraclesorlove.html. Accessed January 17, 2008.

Sisler, Vit. “Islamic Jurisprudence in Cyberspace: Construction of Interpretative Authority in Muslim Diaspora.” In Cyberspace 2005 Conference Proceedings. R. Polcak, M. Skop, M., and D. Smahel. Brno: Masaryk University, 2006. 43 – 50. Available at: http://www.digitalislam.eu/article.do;jsessionid=01DD8B3F49690B150113F8CD0448B8C0?articleId=1420. Accessed January 20, 2008.

Thieme, Richard. “The Future Shape of Religious Structures.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. March 1997. Available at: http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1997/mar/last.html. Accessed January 21, 2008.

Thompson, Clive. “Online Video Games Are the Newest Form of Social Comment.” Dot-Columnist. Webhead: Inside the Internet. Slate Magazine. August 29, 2002. Available at: http://www.slate.com/?id=2070197. Accessed January 15, 2008.
Yoon, Sun‑hee. “Power Online: A Poststructuralist Perspective on CMC.” In Philosophical Perspectives on Computer‑Mediated Communication. Charles Ess, ED. 171‑196. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1996. [I own a copy of this book]

Zezima, Katie. “Cardinal Takes Web Surfers Along on His Trip to Rome.” New York Times. September 23, 2006. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/us/23blog.html?scp=99&sq=religion. Accessed January 18, 2007.

RELIGION AND VIRTUAL REALITY

virtuallyreligious — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:04:41 CDT

Alexander, J. 1990. “The Sacred and Profane Information Machine: Discourse about the Computer as Ideology.” Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religion. 35:60, 1990. 161-171. [available via interlibrary request]

Campbell, Heidi. (2006). “Religion and the Internet.” Communication Research Trends. 25 :1, 2006. 1-24. [available via interlibrary request]

Campbell, Heidi. “Considering Spiritual Dimensions Within Computer-Mediated Communication Studies.” New Media and Society. Vol. 7, No. 1, 2005. 110-134. Available at: http://nms.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/1/110. [may require library assistance, since this site is subscription-only] Chris Hendrickson

Campbell , Heidi. “Making Space for Religion in Internet Studies.” The Information Society 21:4, 309. 2005. [available via interlibrary request]

Casey, Cheryl Anne. “Virtual Ritual, Real Faith.” Online Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet. 2:1, 2006. Available in PDF at <http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/6958>. January 15, 2008. [special issue on rituals on the internet]NIKKI QUARRIER

Cochran, Tracy. "Samsara Squared: Buddhism and Virtual Reality". Tricycle. Fall 1992; 2:1. 76-81. [online, but requires subscription or single-pay]

Cowan, Douglas E. "Religion, Rhetoric, and Scholarship: Managing Vested Interest in E-Space." In Religion on the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises. J. K. Hadden and D. E. Cowan, eds. Amsterdam and London: JAI Press/Elsevier Science, 2000. [page numbers of chapter?] [at Cornell Library]

Cox, H., and A. Foerst. “Religion and Technology: A New Phase.” Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society. 17:2-3, 1997. 53-60. [available online via EBSCO and SAGE]

Davis, Erik. "Digital Dharma". Wired Magazine 2:08. August 1994. Available online at: http://www.techgnosis.com/dharma.html. Accessed January 20, 2008. Robert Woods

Dawson, Lorne L. "Doing Religion in Cyberspace: The Promise and the Perils." The Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin Vol. 30 (1). 2001. 3-9. Accessed at: <http://sociology.uwaterloo.ca/relcybercsssr.html.> Accessed December 28, 2007.

Dawson, Lorne L. "Researching Religion in Cyberspace: Issues and Strategies." In Religion on the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises. J. K. Hadden and D. E. Cowan, eds. Amsterdam and London: JAI Press/Elsevier Science, 2000. [page numbers of chapter?] [at Cornell Library

Edwards, Mark U. “Media Dominance.” The Christian Century. February 28, 2001. 9. Available at: http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=2119. Accessed January 14, 2008. LIZ KRANZ

Edwards, Mark U. “Virtual Worship.” The Christian Century. December 6, 2000. 1262. Available at: <http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1971>. Accessed January 14, 2008. Harry Muniz

Ess, Charles. "Prophetic Communities Online? Threat and Promise for the Church in Cyberspace" in Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture 34:2. 1999. 87-100. Available at: http://www.drury.edu/ess/church/church.html. Accessed January 15, 2008.

Foltz, Franz. “Religion on the Internet: Community and Virtual Existence.” Bulletin of Science, Technology, & Society. 23:4. 2003. 321-330. [available online via EBSCO and SAGE]

Helland, Christopher. "Religion Online/Online Religion and Virtual Communitas." In Religion on the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises. J. K. Hadden and D. E. Cowan, eds. Amsterdam and London: JAI Press/Elsevier Science, 2000. 205-224.

Helland, Christopher. “Online Religion as Lived Religion: Methodological Issues in the Study of Religious Participation on the Internet.” Online-Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, 1:1, 2005. Available at: http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/5823>. Accessed January 16, 2008.

Horsfield, Peter. “The Church and Electronic Culture.” Originally appeared in Research,1991. Available at: http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=160. Accessed January 14, 2008. ASHLEY MAY SEPT 2

Horsfield, Peter. “Theology as a Virtualising Enterprise.” Colloquium 37:2, 2005. 131-142. Available at: http://www.colloquiumjournal.org/back-issues/37-2/131-142.pdf. Accessed January 24, 2008.

Italiano, Laura. “Gimme That On-line Religion: Launching the Pope into Cyberspace.” Columbia Journalism Review. Jan-Feb 1996. Available at: http://backissues.cjrarchives.org/year/96/1/pope.asp. Accessed January 15, 2008.

Keene, Michael. "The Church on the Web." Christian Century 116:22, 1999. Archived at: <http://copies.anglicansonline.org/christiancentury/9908features/> Accessed December 29, 2007.

Kelly, Kevin. “How Computer Nerds Describe God.” Christianity Today. November 1, 2002. Available at: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/novemberweb-only/11-18-31.0.html. Accessed January 14, 2008.Greg Rappaport

Kinney, Jay. "Net Worth? Religion, Cyberspace and the Future." Futures 27:7. 1995. 763-776. [available at Cornell Library – Olin]

Lam, Pui-Yan. “May the Force of the Operating System Be with You: Macintosh Devotion as Implicit Religion.”Sociology of Religion. Vol. 62, No. 2. Summer, 2001. 243-262. [available on JSTOR via IC Library and at Cornell Library - Olin]

Mead, Margaret. “Christian Faith and Technical Assistance.” Originally appeared in Christianity and Crisis. January 1955. Available online at: <http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=518>. Accessed January 14, 2008.

Mitcham, C. “Computers: From Ethos and Ethics to Mythos and Religion: Notes on the New Frontier Between Computers and Philosophy.” Technology and Society 8:171-201. 1986. [Available at Cornell Library – Engineering]

Morris, Chris. “The Greatest Story Never Played: Why Don’t Religion and Video Games Mix?” Game Over [column]. CNNMoney.com. July 6, 2005. Available at: <http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/06/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm> Accessed January 15, 2008. GAL FLAM

Ramo-Chama, Joshua Cooper. "Finding God on the Web." Time 149:1, 1996. 52-58. Available at: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,985700,00.html. Accessed January 18, 2008.

Schroeder, Ralph, Noel Heather, and Raymond M. Lee. "The Sacred and the Virtual: Religion in Multi-User Virtual Reality." Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 4:2. 1998. < http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol4/issue2/schroeder.html >

Schultze, Quentin J. “Going Digital.” The Christian Century, January 31, 2001. 16-21. Available at: <http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=2210>. Accessed January 14, 2008. Peter Motzenbecker

Schultze, Quentin J. “Lost in the Digital Cosmos.” The Christian Century, February 16, 2000. 178-183. Available at: http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=2026. Accessed January 14, 2008.

Religion and VR in the News

virtuallyreligious — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:09:21 CDT

You know what to do - pick one, claim it (with your name in CAPS and blue font) and blog about it for Wednesday (February 6th), blending it with discussion of our previous discussion of theorists, both religious and game-based.

Ali, Sarmad. “New CellPhone Services Put God on the Line.” The Wall Street Journal. March 27, 2006. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114342358113508709-V7XmysEhOqxO_fUfy3FqdrPzNgI_20070327.html?mod=rss_free

Anon. “Public Can Check Halal Status Via SMS to Jakim, Says Dr. Mashitah.” Bernama.com. March 22, 2006. Available at: http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=187261.

Anon. “Bible Cre8td 4 a Nu Wrl: Testaments by SMS.” The Sydney Morning Herald. October 6, 2005. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bible-cre8td-for-a-nu-wrl-testaments-by-sms/2005/10/06/1128562927820.html.

Anon. “Mobile Divorce Unacceptable, Says Malaysia.” BBC News. July 12, 2001. Available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1435647.stm.

Anon. “Israeli Rabbis Teach Religion Via Mobile Phones.” Dec. 12, 2006. Today’s Zaman. Available at: http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=39140

Anon. “SMS from Saudi Arabia Promoting Conversion to Islam.” AsiaNews. November 15, 2006. Available at: http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7762

Anon. “You’ve Got Mail (From the Pope).” Deutsche Welle. August 17, 2005. Available at: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1676616,00.html

Anon. “Filipinos Pray for Love, Money Via Text Messages.” The Asian Pacific Post. September 7, 2005. Available at: http://www.asianpacificpost.com/portal2/402881910674ebab010674f5ac8c1f11.do.html

Anon. “Reality TV, Featuring God . . . Online.” BBC News Online. March 10, 2003. Available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2807777.stm.

Anon. “Pope’s Influence Includes Technology Firsts.” CNET News.com. April 2, 2005. Available at: http://www.news.com/Popes-influence-includes-technology-firsts/2100-1032_3-5650550.html?part=rss&tag=5650550&subj=news

Boorstein, Michelle. “In a Tech-Savvy World, the Word of God Goes Mobile.” Washington Post. November 5, 2006.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/04/AR2006110400738.html

Donckels, Heather. “GodTube Offers Wildly Popular Alternative to YouTube.” Religion News Service. December 21, 2007. Printed in The Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Available at: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/faith/12719202.html.

Hamilton, Alan. “Church Decides That Lent Really Should Be More of a Giggle.” Feb. 20, 2007. The Times Online. Available at: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1409362.ece

Holt, Richard. “Biblical Downloads Provide ‘Faith on the Move.’” The Telegraph. March 10, 2007. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/02/nbible102.xml

Knickmeyer, Ellen. “A New Text in Islamic Law: Egypt to Rule on Phone-Message Divorce.” The Washington Post. January 19, 2008. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/AR2008011803628_pf.html

Macleod, Murdo. “Pray as You Go to Spread the Catholic Word via Mobiles.” Scotland on Sunday. March 26, 2006. Available at: http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Pray-as-you-go-to.2761872.jp

Petre, Jonathan. “Threat to Church Phones Masts ‘That Relay Porn.’” The Telegraph. December 3, 2007. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=GJ0BXJE3USCDFQFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2007/03/12/nchurch12.xml

Ralli, Tania. “Missed Church? Download It to Your iPod.” New York Times. August 29, 2005. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/29/technology/29godcast.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Suggestions and Leads

virtuallyreligious — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:08:54 CST

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week639/cover.html - story from Religion and Ethics Newsweekly about values and video games. May 20, 2003. Includes embedded video. Watch? Add to bibliography?

http://nifplay.org/polar-husky.html - a really neat page Joni found that describes play across species, suggesting that play is a form of non-verbal language. In terms of religion, it makes you wonder - what is the difference between "playing" a game that is religious and "playing" one that is not? If soft, mimicked, or symbolic violence in VR is a sort of instinctive "play" outlet, then what about virtual reality experiences that involve violence? Is playing Left Behind "playful" in the same way as, say, World of Warcraft or Black and White? And if we move out of the realm of VR, is there some other kind of religious "play?" Can one be "playful" about one's beliefs? Maybe - but what happens if one is? Is there anything lost, or not?

Welcome

virtuallyreligious — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:22:35 CST

WELCOME TO THE VIRTUALLY RELIGIOUS WIKI!
(associated with RLST 37600: "Religion, Ritual, and Virtual Reality" at Ithaca College)
Also check out our class blog at http://virtuallyreligious.wordpress.com/

Here you will find:

unit listings of articles for your Wednesday readings and blogs (please do NOT change these listings; ONLY place your name and the date after your selections)
a place to list suggestions you may have or leads on new materials (here you can list any ideas you have or things you think might be helpful in our project)
listings of books for your book reviews (please do NOT change these listings; ONLY place your name and the date after your selections)

ARTICLES

virtuallyreligious — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:10:16 CST

For every Wednesday (and well before class), select something from each unit and put your name and today's date AT THE END OF YOUR SELECTIONS IN CAPITAL LETTERS AND BLUE FONT. Complete the reading, write a summary of the reading, and post it to "Article and Book Summaries" on the wiki and also post it ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL CLASS BLOG PAGE. All postings should appear before class. Each article may be assigned to one student only, so choose early and choose wisely. You can change your mind later, but your choices will then be limited only to those articles as yet unclaimed.