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The Performance of Religiosity on Social Media: Three Future Research Directions
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This working paper proposes an advancement of geographies of religion by putting forward three interconnected key areas for consideration in future research. It starts by briefly looking at the past and current discourse within this field in an attempt to lay out the field’s future directions. The three key areas that this paper proposes to explore are as follows. First, through a discussion of techno-religious space as a religious conduit for young people to perform their religiosity, the significance of these online sites or spaces in religious and socio-cultural contexts will be underscored to advance further the new geographies of religion. Second, this paper will flag the importance of studying micro-geographies of young people as new religious agents. Transfers of religious authorities have been observed, and this is significant in understanding the transformation of religion in new contexts. Third is the performance of these young people’s religiosity in the online environment, and a consequence of their performance of religiosity is the concern with measuring or assessing religious performativity in online contexts. While these three proposed key areas will be discussed within the context of Islam and Muslim identities, they are not limited to Muslim contexts.
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Date:
2018
Authors:
Siti Mazidah Haji Mohamad
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Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
