Islam on the Internet
The Jinn and the Objectification of Islam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12872178 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Celia E Rothenberg (0000-0002-3898-4864, McMaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 358-371 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion and Popular Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1703-289X • E-ISSN: 1703-289X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jrpc.23.3.358 |
| OpenAlex | W2297909578 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This paper is an ontological investigation of discourses about the jinn, or spirits, on an Internet information portal site and a chat room. These Web discourses relate to what some anthropologists have termed the Great and Little Traditions of Islam, but with greater disparity than could ever be identified in “real world,” Muslim-majority settings. Great and Little Web jinn discourses may best be understood as existing in dialectical tension with the ongoing process of the “objectification” of Islam in diaspora Islamic communities. Considered against ethnographic research on the jinn specifically and Islam more broadly, jinn stories on the Internet both reflect and may shape Islamic religious practice today
Diaspora · Ethnography · Islam · Objectification · Political science · Sociology · The Internet · Theology · World Wide Web · Anthropology · Computer Science · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |