[Open-access] Religious studies in the web archive: a new opportunity?

Thu Mar 12 12:27:36 UTC 2015

Religious studies in the web archive: a new opportunity?
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To paraphrase a former archbishop of Canterbury, this post is a call to hearken unto the cause of the archived web. Religious studies scholars were quick to embrace the emerging discipline of Internet Studies, and in particular to see the potential of social media as an object of study for understanding new ways in which individuals and organisations acted religiously online. This enthusiasm has not been matched by a similar engagement with the archived web. (Continues…)

Peter J. Webster
Gary F. Daught
Omega Alpha | Open Access
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Covering the evolving open scholarship movement in religion and theology
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