Smartphone Applications and Religious Reading among Swaminarayan Hindus

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ID21785265
AutoresBhakti Mamtora (0009-0001-2932-643X, College of Wooster, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume12
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2021-11-02
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPostscripts The Journal of Sacred Texts Cultural Histories and Contemporary Contexts (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1743-887X • E-ISSN: 1743-8888
EditoraEquinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1558/post.20507
OpenAlexW3210967809
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas20

This paper examines how two prominent digital sacred texts, Vachanamrut Study App and Swamini Vato Study App, shape reading and meaning-making practices among members of the Swaminarayan Sampraday in the United States. By analyzing the design and use of applications, I argue that smartphone applications are pedagogical tools that integrate offline modes of textual study and simplify access to the meanings of the teachings. The historical, contextual, and paratextual features of smartphone applications reinforce that the study of sacred texts is an intentional, conscientious, dialogical, and gradual process—a process that enables individuals to fulfill their religious aspirations

Aesthetics · Art · Dialogical self · Epistemology · Linguistics · Smartphone app · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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