Dear Colleagues,
Buddhism, the Internet, and Digital Media: The Pixel in the Lotus, edited by
Gregory Price Grieve and Daniel Veidlinger is now available through Routledge.
1. Introduction Daniel Veidlinger
Part I: Methodological Considerations:
2. The Middle Way Method: A Buddhist Informed Ethnography of the Virtual World
of Second Life Gregory Grieve
3. Between Network and Story: Analyzing Hyperlinks and Narratives on Websites
about Tibet Laura Osburn
4. Towards a Typology and Mapping of the Buddhist Cyberspace
Louise Connelly
Part II: Historical Approaches:
5. Online Peer-Reviewed Journals in Buddhism: The Birth of The Journals of
Buddhist Ethics and Global Buddhism Charles S. Prebish
6. A Virtual Bodhi Tree: Untangling the Cultural Context and Historical
Genealogy of Digital Buddhism Gregory Grieve
Part III: Buddhism, Media and Society:
7. The Madhyama is the Message: Internet Affordance of Anatman and Pratitya
Samutpada Daniel Veidlinger
8. Buddhist Apps: Skillful Means or Dharma Dilution?
Rachel
Wagner and Christopher Accardo
Part IV: Case Studies:
9. Virtual Tibet: From Media Spectacle to Co-Located Sacred Space
Christopher Helland
10. Our Virtual Materials: The Substance of Buddhist Holy Objects in a Virtual
World
Jessica Falcone
11. American Cybersangha: Building a Community or Providing a Buddhist Bulletin
Board? Allison Ostrowski
12. The Way of the Blogisattva: Buddhist Blogs on the Web
Beverley Foulks McGuire
http://www.dal.ca/faculty/arts/sociology-social-anthropology/faculty-staff/our-faculty/christopher-helland.html
Dr. Christopher Helland
Associate Professor of Sociology of Religion
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS Canada
902.494,6757
