TY - CHAP
T1 - The blog as a platform for spiritual heritaging and family reconciliation
T2 - a case study
AU - Meng Yoe, Tan
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This chapter features the case study of a Malaysian-Chinese blogger, Stark , who after migrating, blogged about her spiritual experiences back in Malaysia, including her conversion to Christianity and the subsequent estrangement from her parents. Through analysing this intersection of religion, the internet, and migration, the notion of authenticity in the practice of online religion can be explored. Online authenticity is difficult element to measure, and is made more complicated when applied to a subjective matter like spirituality. The case study will demonstrate that the act of blogging serves the purpose of heritaging, spiritual catharsis, and communication with her parents, and thus infer a genuine spiritual activity that contributes to her still-developing religious identity.
AB - This chapter features the case study of a Malaysian-Chinese blogger, Stark , who after migrating, blogged about her spiritual experiences back in Malaysia, including her conversion to Christianity and the subsequent estrangement from her parents. Through analysing this intersection of religion, the internet, and migration, the notion of authenticity in the practice of online religion can be explored. Online authenticity is difficult element to measure, and is made more complicated when applied to a subjective matter like spirituality. The case study will demonstrate that the act of blogging serves the purpose of heritaging, spiritual catharsis, and communication with her parents, and thus infer a genuine spiritual activity that contributes to her still-developing religious identity.
U2 - 10.2307/j.ctv1985wrg.7
DO - 10.2307/j.ctv1985wrg.7
M3 - Chapter (Book)
SN - 9789463728935
T3 - Media, Culture and Communication in Migrant Societies
SP - 47
EP - 64
BT - Religion, Hypermobility and Digital Media in Global Asia
A2 - Gomes, Catherine
A2 - Kong, Lily
A2 - Woods, Orlando
PB - Amsterdam University Press
CY - Amsterdam Netherlands
ER -