Exploring the Influence of Internet and Big Data on Religions

A special issue of Religions (ISSN 2077-1444).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 1304

Special Issue Editor

Department of Communication and International Relations, Ramon Llull University, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: communication; journalism; technology; industry 4.0; big data; AI; IoT

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 affects all spheres of our lives: economy, culture, politics... and, of course, religion. The coincidence of technologies such as the internet, mobile devices, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data and robotics represents unprecedented advances in history, but they can also be seen as threats.

How are these concepts related to beliefs, religions, and even spirituality? How do institutions and leaders of this type make use of them? Are there notable differences between these examples and the rest of the applications of Industry 4.0 technologies? What trends or forecasts can be formulated from the data and certainties that exist today?

In this Special Issue, we aspire to answer these questions and others related to the confluence of religions and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. For this reason, we invite contributions from the fields of media studies, religious studies, sociology, theology, technology, and marketing which depict, from both comparative and international perspectives, how the Fourth Industrial Revolution is related to religions, beliefs and spirituality.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to: perspectives on religion and Industry 4.0; artificial intelligence and spirituality; robotics and religions; machine learning for religious studies; internet of things and how communities respond to spiritual needs through these technologies. This Special Issue aims to usefully complement the previous existing literature on digital religion, developed by authors such as Heidi Campbell, Steward Hoover, Mia Lövheim and Christopher Helland.

Prof. Dr. Josep Lluís Micó Sanz
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • big data
  • religion
  • authority algorithm
  • digital religion

Published Papers

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