@article {2040,
	title = {Communicating Mixed Messages About Religion through Internet Memes},
	journal = {Information, Communication \& Society},
	volume = {20},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {1458-1520},
	abstract = {This article investigates the dominant messages Internet memes communicate about religion. Internet memes about religion are defined as, {\textquoteleft}memes circulated on the Internet whose images and texts focus on a variety of religious themes and/or religious traditions{\textquoteright} (Bellar et al., 2013). By drawing on meme genres identified by Shifman (2012) and analyzing techniques used to frame ideas concerning religion in memes, this study identifies common genres found amongst religious Internet meme and core frames used to present messages and assumptions about religion online. This article further draws attention to the importance of studying religion in digital contexts, as it highlights trends, recognized by scholars toward {\textquoteleft}Lived Religion{\textquoteright} within digital culture (Campbell, 2012). Lived Religion argues that contemporary media and digital culture provide important resources for presenting popular beliefs about religion. This study also suggests that studying Internet memes about religion provides a useful lens for understanding popular conceptions about religion within mainstream culture.},
	keywords = {digital cultures, internet memes, Lived religion, memes, participatory culture},
	url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1229004},
	author = {Aguilar, A and Campbell, H and Stanley, M and Taylor, E}
}
@article {1267,
	title = {DANIEL DENNETT, MEMES AND RELIGION: Reasons for the Historical Persistence of Religion},
	journal = {PENSAMIENTO},
	volume = {63},
	year = {2007},
	chapter = {815},
	abstract = {In the work which appeared in 2006 titled Breaking the Spell. Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (Viking, New York, 2006) Daniel C. Dennett again explained
his ideas on memes and the theory of memes, by applying it to the study of religion from the perspective of evolutionary biology. His conclusions establish that religion is a meme and that its persistence in history is explained by the replicating processes of memetic structures. However, are there reasons of philosophical or scientific rationality for men having persisted in religion? Dennett does not go into a deep rational analysis of religion. He simply states that it has a memetic structure and he considers that this is a sufficient basis to {\guillemotleft}break the spell{\guillemotright}.},
	keywords = {Atheism, Dennett, memes, religion},
	url = {http://www.sp.upcomillas.es/sites/corporativo/Biblioteca\%20de\%20documentos21/6th\%20Session\%20-\%20Philosophy-Theology/Documents/G.\%20Armengol\%20-\%20Daniel\%20Dennett,\%20Memes\%20and\%20Religion.pdf},
	author = {Guillermo Armengol}
}
