10.30 a.m. Wednesday 5th to 2 p.m. on Friday 7th September 2012 at the Divinity School, St John’s College, University of Cambridge

Call for Papers

The fact that religion has not privatised, but remains an important aspect of public life, is now well recognised. But talk of ‘public religion’ can be vague and unfocused. The aim of this conference is to explore – with new findings – the forms which public religion is taking today, not only in the West, but elsewhere in an increasingly connected world.

Theme: Preservation and Access: Facilitating Research in Information and Religion

Dates: May 18-19, 2012
Keynote: Carisse Mickey Berryhill, Ph.D., Special Collections Librarian, Abilene Christian University

The Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) will host its Second Annual International Conference on Information and Religion at Kent State University on May 18 and 19, 2012.

http://www.kent.edu/slis/research/csir/conference-2012.cfm

"Internet giants Google Inc and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown “like China” if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities. The two are among 21 companies ordered to develop a mechanism to block material considered religiously offensive to the Prophet Mohammed, Jesus and various Hindu gods and goddesses, after private petitioners took them to court over images deemed offensive to Hindus, Muslims and Christians."

• An online peer-based spiritual mentoring program for field missionaries
• Principles of Islam for information technology governance

BY ROWLAND CROUCHER AND OTHERS ⋅ JANUARY 27, 2012 ⋅ POST A COMMENT

I’ve been thinking a great deal lately on what makes a great church website.  I’ve seen some beautiful websites, gorgeous sites that are virtually non-functional and, on the other end of the spectrum, there are those content rich sites that are so densely packed with information they can only be used by experienced research librarians that don’t easily succumb to boredom and mental fatigue.  ...

Found another site/blog on the same theme as this site: religital.com. It's about page is simple: Religital has a PhD in Studies in religion and is dedicated to reporting on the new issues raised within religions in this new Digital Age. This definition is intentionally broad so as to include many of the things I see challenging religions. Hopefully I’ll keep people interested along the way.