Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; PART I: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives; 1 Introduction: Young Adults, Religion, and Digital Media in International Perspective-Marcus Moberg and Sofia Sjö, with Mia Lövheim; 2 Digital Media and Religion in a Global Context: Perspectives on Identity, Connection and Authority-Marcus Moberg, Sofia Sjö, and Mia Lövheim; 3 A Mixed-Method Approach to Youth and Digital Religion-Sofia Sjö, Marcus Moberg, and Mia Lövheim; PART II: Applications and Cases; 4 The Contents and Discontents of Internet and Social Media Use in the Religious Lives of Ghanaian Young Adults-Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo, Sofia Sjö, and Francis Benyah;5 The Internet, Social Media, and the Critical Interrogation of Traditional Religion among Young Adults in Peru-Rafael Fernández, Sidney Castillo Carnedas, and Marcus Moberg; 6 A View on Religious Socialization in Contemporary China: The Role of New Media, Literature, Education, and Participation-Sofia Sjö, Marcus Moberg, Peter Nynäs, and Junchao Tang; 7 Internet and Social Media Use and Religion among Minority Groups in Israel: A Case Study of Muslim and Druze Young Adults-Sawsan Kheir and Marcus Moberg; 8 Religion, Social Media, and Young Adults in Turkey: A Case Study of Religious Engagement and Volunteering- Habibe Erdis Gökçe and Sofia Sjö9 Between Tradition and Innovation: Social Media in the Religious Lives of Young Adults in Poland-Slawomir Sztajer and Sofia Sjö;10 Finnish University Students’ Social Media Use in the Light of the Faith-Q-Sort Prototypes-Karoliina Dahl, Sofia Sjö, and Marcus Moberg; Bibliogrpahy

About the Author

Mia Lövheim is a Professor in the Sociology of Religion at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Marcus Moberg is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Comparative Religion at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

Sofia Sjö is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Comparative Religion at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

Zhejun Yu is a Professor in the School of Philosophy at Fudan University, China.