Technological modernization, the Internet, and religion in Singapore

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1122-1142

  Kluver, Randolph ^a   Cheong, Pauline Hope ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL RESEARCH; INTERNET TECHNOLOGY; RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES; RELIGIOUS PRACTICES; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL PRACTICES; TECHNOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 34249983850     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00366.x     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Adamu, A 2002). Islam and the Internet. Retrieved March 8, 2007 from http://www.kanoonline.com/publications/islam_and_the_internet.htm
2. Armfield, G. Holbert, R 2003). The relationship between religiosity and Internet use. Journal of Media and Religion, 2 (3 129 144.
3. Barker, E 2005). Crossing the boundary: New challenges to religious authority and control as a consequence of access to the Internet. In M. Højsgaard M. Warburg (Eds Religion and Cyberspace (pp. 67 85). London : Routledge.
4. Barlow, J 1996). Declaration of independence of cyberspace. Retrieved March 8, 2007 from http://homes.eff.org/∼barlow/Declaration-Final.html
5. Barns, I 2005). Debating the theological implications of new technologies. Theology and Science, 3 (2 179 192.
6. Barzilai-Nahon, K. Barzilai, G 2005). Cultured technology: The Internet and religious fundamentalism. The Information Society, 21, 25 40.
7. Berger, P (1999). The desecularization of the world: A global overview. In P. Berger (Ed.), The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics (pp. 1 18). Washington, D.C.: Public Policy Institute/William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
8. Bockover, M 2003). Confucian values and the Internet: A potential conflict. Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 30 (2 159 175.
9. Bunt, G 2004). Rip. Burn. Pray: Islamic xxpression online. In L. Dawson D. Cowan (Eds Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet (pp. 123 134). London : Routledge.
10. Campbell, H 2005a). Exploring Religious Community Online: We are One in the Network. New York : Peter Lang.
11. Campbell, H 2005b). Spiritualizing the Internet: Uncovering discourses and narratives of religious Internet use. Online-Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, 1 (1). Retrieved March 8, 2007 from http://archiv.ub.uni- heidelberg.de/volltextserver/volltexte/2005/5824/pdf/Campbell4a.pdf
12. Cowan, D 2004). Contested spaces: Movement, countermovement, and e-space propaganda. In. L. Dawson D. Cowan (Eds Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet (pp. 255 272). London : Routledge.
13. Dawson, L 2005). The mediation of religious experience in cyberspace. In M. Højsgaard M. Warburg (Eds Religion and Cyberspace (pp. 15 37). London : Routledge.
14. Ess, C 2004). Critical thinking and the Bible in the age of new media [Introduction]. In C. Ess (Ed Critical Thinking and the Bible in the Age of New Media (pp. 1 56). Lanham, MD : University Press of America.
15. Goh, R 2005). The Internet and Christianity in Asia: Cultural trends, structures, and transformations. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 29 (4 831 848.
16. Helland, C 2000). Online religion/religion online and virtual communitas. In J. Hadden D. Cowan (Eds Religion on the Internet: Research Prospects and Promises (pp. 205 224). New York : JAI Press.
17. Helland, C 2004). Popular religion and the World Wide Web. In L. Dawson D. Cowan (Eds Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet (pp. 23 36). London and New York : Routledge.
18. Hill, M. Lian, K 1995). The Politics of Nation Building and Citizenship in Singapore. New York : Routledge.
19. Huff, T 2000). Science and metaphysics in the three religions of the book. Intellectual Discourse, 8 (2 173 198.
20. Huff, T 2001). Globalization and the Internet: Comparing the Middle Eastern and Malaysian experiences. The Middle East Journal, 55 (3 1 20.
21. Hughey, M. W 1979). The idea of secularization in the works of Max Weber: A theoretical outline. Qualitative Sociology, 2 (1 85 111.
22. IDA (Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore) 2004). Annual survey on infocomm usage in households and by individuals for 2004. Retrieved March 8, 2007 from http://www.ida.gov.sg/doc/publications/publications_level3/ 2004_HH_Executive_Summary_230305.pdf
23. Jenkins, P 2002). The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
24. Lim, L. Low, A 2005, July 16). Nation of believers. Straits Times, Singapore. Pp. S2 3.
25. McGrath, A 2004). The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in theModern World. London : Rider.
26. MITA (Ministry of Information and the Arts) 1992). The Need for the Maintenance of the Religious Harmony Act. MITA, Singapore.
27. Norris, P. Inglehart, R 2004). Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
28. Pereira, A 2005). Religiosity and economic development in Singapore. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 20 (2 161 177.
29. Prebish, C 2004). The cybersangha: Buddhism on the Internet. In L. Dawson D. Cowan (Eds Religion Online: Finding faith on the Internet (pp. 135 150). London : Routledge.
30. Schroeder, R., Heather, N. Lee, R 1998). The sacred and the virtual: Religion in multi-user virtual reality. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 4 (2). Retrieved March 8, 2007 from http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol4/ issue2/schroeder.html
31. Singapore Department of Statistics 2000). Religion. Census of Population 2000. Statistical Data Release 2: Education, Language, and Religion. Retrieved March 8, 2007 from http://www.singstat.gov.sg/pdtsvc/pubn/cop2000r2.html
32. Sinha, V 1999). Constituting and reconstituting the religious domain in the modern nation state of Singapore. In K. Kwok, C. Hwa, L. Wong B. Yeoh (Eds Our Place in Time: Exploring Heritage and Memory in Singapore (pp. 76 95). Singapore : Singapore Heritage Society.
33. Stark, R 1999). Secularization, R.I.P. Sociology of Religion, 60 (3 249 73.
34. Stark, R 2001). One True God: the Historical Consequences of Monotheism. Princeton : Princeton University Press.
35. Tan, J (1997). The rise and fall of religious knowledge in Singapore secondary schools. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 29 (5 603 624.