Christopher Helland

Researcher of digital religion in all its forms and functions

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

A view of the crowd of over 45,000 attending the first day of HHDL's teachings at the Shewatsel Teaching ground in the Himalayan region of Leh, Ladakh, India on July 21, 2023. Photo by Tenzin Choejor

[Network for New Media Religion & Digital Culture @nmrdcnetwork]

The @nmrdcnetwork is delighted to announce the publication of Thinking Tools in #AI, #Religion & #Culture, Dr. Heidi Campbell and Pauline Hope Cheong's newest eBook, an edited collection of female scholars' voices on our future with AI.

Download it at https://t.co/OjuOjS3myi!

[gamevironments @gamevironments]

Exciting news for religious studies scholars! This year's AAR Annual Meeting will take place in San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 18-21. Don't miss the @IASGAR1 panel analyzing the moral ambiguities presented in the Last of Us franchise, comparing the TV show and video game formats!

[CenSAMM @CenSamm]

CFP: For those interested in themes of Religion and Apocalypticism in Television and Video Games https://t.co/StuEDn0n67

[IASGAR @IASGAR1]

Interesting CfP for the Post Graduate Research Conference!

[SociologyofReligion @SORJournal]

NEW podcast!

Introducing @SORJournal's incoming editor, @TitusHjelm!

https://t.co/lIOzFZ70Rh

[Christopher Helland @ChrisHelland2]

@McCutcheonSays At least you've got your sweater

[John W. Borchert @JohnWBorchert]

Thrilled to be under contract with @routledgebooks for the first ever textbook on religion and videogaming!

[Christopher Helland @ChrisHelland2]

Posting for a job in Games and Interactive Media! I'm guessing that would be a fun job to have! https://t.co/lkqdbnzEJC

[gamevironments @gamevironments]

The CfP of our Regular Issue is out now - Submit! 📲 #cfp #gamevironments #studies #journal

[Teemu Taira @TeemuTaira]

The first Finnish PhD thesis on religion in digital games (to be defended in early Nov @ Helsinki).

[Christopher Helland @ChrisHelland2]

@Liz_Fitting take it easy and get well! @Liz_Fitting

[Christopher Helland @ChrisHelland2]

Capturing the mood of Halifax!

[Heidi Campbell @heidiacampbell]

CFP for 2023 ISMRC conference in Bochum, Germany in August 2023 is now out! The conference theme is “Metaphor & Misinformation: Religion in Media-Driven Worlds”. Please consider submitting a paper and spreading the word! https://t.co/W7r9CwViTw

[IASGAR @IASGAR1]

The article deals with an important and so far not sufficiently discussed topic in research: the preservation of games and gaming!

[Christopher Helland @ChrisHelland2]

The Pope’s AI adviser on ensuring algorithms respect human dignity https://t.co/GYBjdSbOSt

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

No one can afford to disregard compassion, affection, and so on. Why? Because kindness and compassion are the main qualities necessary in life. A good mind, enriched by love and compassion, is essential for human beings.

[IASGAR @IASGAR1]

Anyone interested in a panel on video gaming and nationalism?! Contact us and btw. become a member of IASGAR!

[IASGAR @IASGAR1]

Hungry for more game studies lit? Up next on our #SummerReadingList is @SorayaMurray's excellent "On Video Games: The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space"! It links game studies, visual and cultural studies in new and interesting ways

[Kerstin Radde @kradde]

I‘m game😏😎