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Digital Spirits in Religion and Media: Possession and Performance book cover

1st Edition

Digital Spirits in Religion and Media Possession and Performance

By Alvin Eng Hui Lim Copyright 2019
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages 39 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 39 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In many contemporary and popular forms of religious practice, digital technology and the spiritual are inseparable. Ranging from streaming broadcasts of spiritual possessions to screenings of mass prayer conferences in stadiums, spirits and divinities now have new forms in which they can materialise. By offering the notion of ‘digital spirits’, this book critically attends to the intersections of... Read more

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Biography

Alvin Eng Hui Lim is currently Assistant Professor with the Theatre Studies programme at the National University of Singapore. He is also Deputy Director and Technology and Online Editor (Mandarin) of the Asian Shakespeare Intercultural Archive (A|S|I|A,); and Editor of Theatre Makers Asia archive. He has published on Singapore theatre, religious practices, and digital archiving. He is also a member of the "After Performance" working group, which explores experimental modes of writing on performance and co-authorship.

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