Digital and Spatial Studies of Religions

• Other Authors: Hong, Z. George (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; Buddhist temple; Hangzhou; GIS; visualization; religion; Spatial Humanities; Regional Religious System; local gazetteer; Water Deities beliefs; spatiotemporal evolution; the Pearl River Delta; historical GIS; Buddha statues; transmission routes; Qingzhou style; Malay Peninsula; regional religious systems; center-periphery relationship; William Skinner; macro-region; hierarchy; administrative system; economic system; Greater China; digital theology; digital natives; existential opportunity and threat; irreversible commitment; religious disaffiliation; social media; Chinese tomb murals; spatial study of religions; spatial analysis; reciprocity; efficacy; exchange; religious regulation; mosques; Kashgar region; spatial distribution pattern; folk religion; Xishen (the God of Happiness); spatial practice; space-time knowledge; Bagua (The Eight Diagrams); pagoda; Shanxi; northern dynasties; network analysis
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Digital and spatial studies of religions have developed rapidly as prominent research fields over the last two decades. This "spatial turn" has rippled through humanities and social sciences disciplines, and digital and spatial perspectives now occupy a central position in religious studie...