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David Greenberg
David Greenberg is an associate professor of history, journalism and media studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
“Tweeting during church services gets blessing of pastors”
Read an Oct 10, 2009, Houston Chronicle article about pastors encouraging their congregations to tweet during sermons.
“25 Reasons Why Twitter Is Spiritual”
Read a January 2010 column on tweeting at SpiritualityandPractice.com, titled “25 Reasons Why Twitter Is Spiritual.”
“Are social media changing religion?”
Read a column by Henry G. Brinton, pastor of Fairfax Presbyterian Church in Virginia, about social networking’s effect on religion. The column appeared June 20, 2010, in USA Today.
Ronald Pagnucco
Ronald Pagnucco is an associate professor of peace studies at College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn. His research interests include the connection between religion, politics and peace.
Church Multiplication Associates
Church Multiplication Associates is a nondenominational organization that promotes the “voluntary association of a multiplicity of expanding networks” They held their first Organic Church Movement Conference in Long Beach, Calif., in January 2007.
“Is Facebook A Sin? Some Muslims Think So”
Read a June 24, 2010, Religion News Service article (on HuffingtonPost.com) about debates over how Muslims use Facebook.
“Need to read the whole Bible? Twitter can help”
An Aug. 27, 2010, Belief Blog post at CNN.com by religion scholar Stephen Prothero examines the practice of tweeting the Bible 140 characters at a time.