Savin-Baden, Maggi, 1960-

Digital afterlife and the spiritual realm / Maggi Savin-Baden. - First edition. - xxvi, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Chapman & Hall/CRC artificial intelligence and robotics series .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index.

Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Introduction Chapter 1 Digital Afterlife and the Spiritual realm Chapter 2 Religion and Afterlife Chapter 3 Impact of the digital on the bereaved Chapter 4 Digital Theologies and Death Chapter 5 Death Spaces Chapter 6 A Good Digital Death Chapter 7 Death and the Liminal Chapter 8 Symbols and Memorialization Chapter 9 Perspectives on Digital Afterlife Chapter 10 Digital Legacy Chapter 11 Ambivalence and Spectacle Chapter 12 The Final Cut References Glossary Index

"Digital Afterlife and the Spiritual Realm explores the ways in which digital media and digital afterlife creation affects social and religious understandings of death and the afterlife. For many people digital afterlife and the spiritual realm largely remains an area that is both inchoate and confusing. This book will begin to unravel some of this bafflement"--

College of Arts and Sciences General Education Curriculum (GEC)

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Immortality.
Future life.
Death--Social aspects.
Digital media--Social aspects.

BL530 / .S28 2022

202.3 B14 / 2022