Dear all, Please forward to anyone who might be interested. Best, Hasan *Call for Papers* American Anthropological Association Annual Conference, Washington DC, Nov 29-Dec 3, 2017 *Digital Religiosities:* *(Re)Configuring Religion(s) on Web 2.0* In her 2011 lecture “Theorizing the Web,” sociologist Saskia Sassen[1] <#_ftn1> points out how knowledge within the digital realm is reconstituted and reassembled as another kind of knowledge: “[T]he body of knowledge gets distributed and spliced-up in different ways so that you lose the packaging, and in losing that packaging all sorts of possibilities open up.” This panel explores the way(s) in which “traditional” modes of religious authority (where authority and power are co-constitutive of the power/knowledge dyad) are reconfigured, dissected, and re-appropriated such that religious actors – online preachers, activists, scholars, discussants, trollers – redefine religion(s) and religiosity in surprising ways. Possible paper topics include (but are not limited to): - Digital Islamic authority – how the digital sphere re-configures traditional modes of Islamic knowledge and transmission - Digital bodies of Christ – how the digital sphere re-imagines the church - Digital fundamentalism(s) – Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Islamic - Religious knowledge(s) in the digital age - Online preachers and YouTube faith(ers) - Facebook Fanatics – how social media creates siloes of religious (in)tolerance Please send a 250-word abstract and bio to ha2248@columbia.edu by April 3 for consideration. ------------------------------ [1] <#_ftnref1> http://vimeo.com/23044503 -- Hasan Azad, PhD Dept. of Religion Columbia University NY, 10027 Red and Green Oil on Water - A Novel: https://www.amazon.com/Red-Green-Water-Hasan-Azad-ebook/dp/B01IZMTHEY/ref=sr... website: http://www.hasanazad.com/main/ Academia.edu: https://columbia.academia.edu/HasanAzad Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/has-an-apple co-founder: Yoga Makes Art: https://yogaandwriting.wordpress.com/2016/02/