My Brain Tumor Deserves a Hashtag: the third spaces of online coping
This is the story of my experience mediating my brain tumor online. It’s not often that an academic blog would feature a personal tale of harrowing illness or trauma, yet, […]
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The Banality of Life as an ISIS Wife: Examining the Motivations for Joining the Islamic State
It was a normal weekday in a Denver suburb when three teenage girls headed off to school only to be intercepted hours later at an airport in Germany. The teenagers […]
Social media sites create connections during Ramadan
For Muslims living in Muslim-majority countries or even neighborhoods, their daily lives are now filled with helpful reminders that they are in the midst of Ramadan, the holiest month on […]
So what is this Third Space of religion in the digital age?
Many of you readers of this blog have heard our Fellows of the Center talk about Third Spaces of Digital Religion. This is part of an ongoing research project, spearheaded by […]
Soka Gakkai in the Internet space: hate it or love it
The Internet is an important space to give voices to religious and spiritual minorities and for the development of new religious movements. However, if on the one hand it is […]
The Super Bowl as Religious Ritual (Yawn)
In its nearly half-century of existence, the Super Bowl has moved to the center of U.S. culture. It is far from the global event the Football (Soccer) World Cup has […]
Everywhere is resistance: social media and the Turkey protests
By Deborah Whitehead “Her yer Taksim her yer direniş!” (Everywhere is Taksim, everywhere is resistance). Chanted by protesters from Istanbul, across Turkey and around the world, this slogan encapsulates the […]
