Books and articles

Here are some of the latest books and articles on religion and new media, especially social media.  We invite you to recommend additions to this list: newmediaproject@cts.edu.

Keith Anderson

• Pastor Keith Anderson (blog)

Heidi Campbell

• When Religion Meets New Media (book)
• Exploring Religious Community Online (book)
• "Understanding the Relationship between Religion Online and Offline in a Networked Society," Journal of American Academy of Religion, (2012) 80(1): 64-93. (article)
• A list of her blogs

Elizabeth Drescher

• Tweet if you (heart) Jesus: Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation (book)
• Walking Together Blog

Elizabeth Drescher and Keith Anderson

• Click 2 Save: The Digital Ministry Bible (book)

Meredith Gould

• #chsocm (blog)
• The Virtual Abbey (blog)
• The Word Made Fresh: Communicating Church and Faith Today (book)

Kwok Pui Lon

• Architecture of the Mind (blog post)
• How Blogging Has Changed my Thinking and Writing (blog post)

Social Phonics (with Tony Jones and Doug Pagitt)

• Social Phonics blog

Books we have reviewed in our blog

• Reboot: Refreshing your faith in a high-tech world by Peggy Kendall
• The Church of Facebook: How the hyperconnected are redefining community by Jesse Rice
• Reaching out in a networked world: Expressing your congregation's heart and soul by Lynne M. Baab
• Getting #married: Using social media to celebrate the sacred by Meredith Gould
• Church in the inventive age by Doug Pagitt
• Web-empowered ministry: Connecting with people through websites, social media, and more by Mark M. Stephenson