Who Says a Headscarf Emoji is Religious?

(And Why?)

Authors

  • Joseph P. Laycock Texas State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.34098

Keywords:

emoji, definition of religion, secularism

Abstract

Who Says a Headscarf Emoji is Religious? (And Why?)

Author Biography

  • Joseph P. Laycock, Texas State University

    Joseph Laycock is an assistant professor of religious studies at Texas State University.

References

Alhumedhi, Rayouf. 2016. “UTC Document Submission: HEADSCARF EMOJI.” September 13. https://www.scribd.com/document/323429115/Draft-Headscarf-Emoji-Propsal.

Don. 2016. “Kek.” Knowyourmeme.com, September 16. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kek.

Eliade, Mircea. 1958. Patterns in Comparative Religion. Translated by Rosemary Sheed. New York: Sheed and Ward.

McCutcheon, Russell. 2007. “‘They Licked the Platter Clean’: On the Co-Dependency of the Religious and the Secular.” Method and Theory in the Study of Religion 19: 173–99.

Smith, Jonathan Z. 1998. “Religion, Religions, Religious.” In Critical Terms for Religious Studies, edited by Mark C. Taylor, 269–84. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Spencer, Paul. 2016. “Trump’s Occult Online Supporters Believe ‘Meme Magic’ Got Him Elected.” Motherboard, November 18. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pgkx7g/trumps-occult-online-supporters-believe-pepe-meme-magic-got-him-elected.

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Published

2017-12-21

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 3-4 (2017)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Laycock, J. (2017). Who Says a Headscarf Emoji is Religious? (And Why?). Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 46(3-4), 61-63. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.34098