4. This-worldly Buddhism: Digital Media and the Performance of Religiosity in China

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Acknowledgements 5
3. Table of Contents 7
4. List of Illustrations 9
5. Introduction 11
6. Section 1. Community Creation: The Role of Digital Media in Faith-Based Groups
7. 1. The Creation of Digitally-Mediated Christian Migrant Communities in Singapore 27
8. 2. The Blog as a Platform for Spiritual Heritaging and Family Reconciliation : A Case Study 47
9. 3. Material Expressions of Religious Culture 65
10. Section 2. Connectivity Through Faith: Maintaining Transnational Connections Through Religion
11. 4. This-worldly Buddhism: Digital Media and the Performance of Religiosity in China 95
12. 5. Forging Chinese Christian Digital Fellowship : Social Media and Transnational Connectivity 123
13. Section 3. Preaching the Faith: The Rise of Digital Pastors and Preachers
14. 6. The Global Appeal of Digital Pastors : A Comparative Case Study of Joseph Prince, and Brian and Bobbie Houston 149
15. 7. The ‘Open Letter to the Evangelical Church’ and its Discontents : The Online Politics of Asian American Evangelicals, 2013-2016 179
16. 8. Preacher Playlist: Reception and Curation of Celebrity Pastors in the Korean Diaspora 203
17. 9. Virtual Rohingya: Ethno-Religious Populism in the Asia Pacific 223
18. Afterword 247
19. Index 253