On August 4, 2022, in the run-up to India celebrating its seventy-fifth Independence Day, the Shrimad Rajchandra Mission (SRMD), a…
Normalizing nationalism through social media in transnational Jain communities
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Finding the metaphysicians in Black metaphysical religion, ft. Azealia Banks
With the fervor of the converted, Banks has promoted Afro-Caribbean religions—including lesser-known ones, like the Dominican 21 Divisions—by educating African…
Africa and free/hate speech
In the era of post-truth, alternative facts, and fake news, hate, hateful, inflammatory, and dangerous speech pervade the African continent…
A modest defense of the listicle
If, as Umberto Eco tells it, "the list is the origin of culture," then the Internet may be culture's apotheosis.…
Anatomy of a tweet
I fell in love with the Perfect Man at a young age. He was humble, compassionate, strong, disciplined, affectionate, and,…
In whose name? ISIS, Islam, and social media
Commentators routinely remark on the sophisticated use of media by the organization that calls itself the Islamic State, but in…
Pussy Riot’s punk prayer
On February 21, 2012, five members of a Russian punk collective called Pussy Riot entered the Cathedral of Christ the…
Anti-Semitic Twitter posts?
Yesterday at The Lede, J. David Goodman reported on a Swedish "social media experiment" gone questionably awry.
Debating online religious practices
Participation in online religious communities and practices ("liking" religious pages on Facebook, posting religious messages, and joining online religious communities)…
An historic expression of synergy and resistance
In The Nation, Saba Mahmood weighs in on the factors that facilitated the historic events recently witnessed in Egypt, and the tasks that lie ahead…