Hi everyone, I know this is very short notice, but a couple of us guys are putting a panel submission together for the AoIR conference this year. If you think you may have an idea to present in the panel, please email me offline with a 150-200 word abstract that fits this panel theme below. It hasn't yet been submitted for approval, so we need contributions by next Monday (29 January). PLAYING RELIGION? Blogs and social networking sites are allowing more and more people to publish their thoughts, attitudes and aspirations about religion for the world to see. The result is an explosion of online forums and communities for users to access resources to develop a religious identity. Early research into online religious identity and community has focused on religion online as separate from offline religious practice, allowing critics to suggest that virtual religion leads to the fragmentation and corruption of religion. But how is religious identity actually played out in these new web locations? Do users of blogs and social networking applications come online to construct alternate religious identities, or to seek an identity that coheres with experiences and practices offline? This panel will present research into how individual and communal religious identity is played out in online places such as blogs, wikis and social networking sites, considering the new tools available to users to perform religion online and the extent to which offline faith practices may influence and be influenced by it. paul teusner fishers, surfers and casters www http://www.teusner.org/ skype callto://paulteusner