# Digital Divinity

Source: https://restofworld.org/series/digital-divinity
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Digital-Divinity?index=0x6705aacf5b3af715666def927f1ee98c681198e3a671fb2a1fff58ff1c59771ab4aed17f
Submitted by misha on 2024-10-08 UTC, 1 upvote, 0 comments

## Summary

Religious believers around the world are using new technologies in their daily worship, prayer and practice, according to an illustrated storybook from Rest of World. Its introduction says 6.75 billion people consider themselves religious and that technology is changing how they worship, pray and commune with the divine, from Seoul to Lagos. The examples include Hindu temples made with 3D printers and priests who dance on TikTok, with trends ranging from the unique and unexpected to the artificial and financial.

## Article

Ancient traditions meet modern technology.

Technology has transformed how we spend, study, live, eat — even how we sleep. And for the 6.75 billion people around the world who consider themselves religious, technology is also changing their faith. How people worship, pray, and commune with the divine is transforming from Seoul to Lagos.

Earlier this year, Rest of World set out to document the myriad of ways that religious believers are using new technologies in their daily practices. This illustrated storybook represents a broad spectrum of themes and trends playing out across a number of religions and countries that include Hindu temples made by 3D printers to priests that dance on TikTok. They speak to the unraveling tensions of our time as people turn to technology to simplify their lives, search for answers, or find platform-born fame.

These short stories offer insight into trends that range from the unique and unexpected to the artificial and financial. Just as influence, power, and need are shaping the world, they are also moving ancient faiths. This push and pull between old and new, between the ancient and modern, is now happening at lightning speed.

~ Cengiz Yar (Deputy Editor)