TY - GEN
T1 - Meta for Faith – How Digital Technology is Reconfiguring Faith-Based Institutions
AU - Peters, Uchenna
AU - Haskamp, Thomas
AU - Albizri, Abdullah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The Covid-19 global pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital technologies in societies. These developments are evident across institutions; even faith-based institutions that have previously been hesitant have experienced pressure to adopt digital technologies. In this realm, Meta launched two initiatives in 2020 where members of different religious communities engage with Meta to dialogue about applying digital technologies to their missions’ purpose and express and celebrate their faith. The impact of digital technologies utilization in this context has led, among others, to the boundary-spanning behavior of religious communities. We use this case of Meta for Faith and leverage institutional theory to identify the affordances of digital technologies in faith-based institutions. Thus, we contribute by explaining how technology is transforming faith-based institutions.
AB - The Covid-19 global pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital technologies in societies. These developments are evident across institutions; even faith-based institutions that have previously been hesitant have experienced pressure to adopt digital technologies. In this realm, Meta launched two initiatives in 2020 where members of different religious communities engage with Meta to dialogue about applying digital technologies to their missions’ purpose and express and celebrate their faith. The impact of digital technologies utilization in this context has led, among others, to the boundary-spanning behavior of religious communities. We use this case of Meta for Faith and leverage institutional theory to identify the affordances of digital technologies in faith-based institutions. Thus, we contribute by explaining how technology is transforming faith-based institutions.
KW - affordances
KW - digital transformation
KW - faith-based institutions
KW - institutional logics
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85173576887
T3 - 42nd International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2021 TREOs: "Building Sustainability and Resilience with IS: A Call for Action"
BT - 42nd International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2021 TREOs
PB - Association for Information Systems
T2 - 42nd International Conference on Information Systems: Building Sustainability and Resilience with IS: A Call for Action, ICIS 2021 TREOs
Y2 - 12 December 2021 through 15 December 2021
ER -