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OverviewFew religious leaders have examined the potential for the positive impact of digital media and digital immortality creation in religious contexts. It is evident that there have been recent moves away from traditional funeral services focusing on the transition of the deceased into the future world beyond, towards a rise of memorial content within funerals and commemorative events. This has heralded shifts in afterlife beliefs by replacing them, to all intents and purposes, by attitudes to this life. Digital Afterlife and the Spiritual Realm explores the ways in which digital media and digital afterlife creation affects social and religious understandings of death and the afterlife. Features Understands the impact of digital media on those living and those working with the bereaved Explores the impact of digital memorialisation post death Examines the ways in which digital media may be changing conceptions and theologies of death For many people, digital afterlife and the spiritual realm largely remains an area that is both inchoate and confusing. This book will begin to unravel some of this bafflement. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maggi Savin-Baden (University of Worcester)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780367565381ISBN 10: 0367565382 Pages: 222 Publication Date: 22 December 2021 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Introduction Chapter 1 Digital Afterlife and the Spiritual realm Chapter 2 Religion and Afterlife Chapter 3 Impact of the digital on the bereaved Chapter 4 Digital Theologies and Death Chapter 5 Death Spaces Chapter 6 A Good Digital Death Chapter 7 Death and the Liminal Chapter 8 Symbols and Memorialization Chapter 9 Perspectives on Digital Afterlife Chapter 10 Digital Legacy Chapter 11 Ambivalence and Spectacle Chapter 12 The Final Cut References Glossary IndexReviewsAuthor InformationMaggi Savin-Baden is Professor of Education at the University of Worcester and has researched and evaluated staff and student experience of learning for over 20 years and gained funding in this area (Leverhulme Trust, JISC, Higher Education Academy, MoD). She has a strong publication record of over 50 research publications and 17 books which reflect her research interests on the impact of innovative learning, digital fluency, cyber-influence, pedagogical agents, qualitative research methods, and problem-based learning. In her spare time, she runs, bakes, climbs and attempts triathlons. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |