Professional Presence

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Helland, C. (2024). Video Games Beyond Play: Decolonizing Gamevironments Gamevironments, 10, 144–165.
  • Helland, C., & Michels, D. (2021). Religion in the news on an ordinary day: Diversity and change in English Canada. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture,      10, 249–270.
  • Michels, D., & Helland, C. (2021). Religion in the news on an ordinary day: Methodology, choices, and bias. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture,     10, 312–329.
  • Helland, C. (2018). Geemu on! A preliminary study of indie and doujin game  development in Japan. Gamevironments, 8, 38–48.           
  • Grieve, G. P., Helland, C., Radde-Antweiler, K., & Zeiler, X. (2017). Video game development in Asia: A research project on cultural heritage and national identity. Gamevironments, 3, 102–115. https://journals.suub.uni-   bremen.de/index.php/gamevironments/article/view/39/25
  • Helland, C. (2010). (Virtually) been there, (virtually) done that: Examining the online religious practices of the Hindu tradition. Online – Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, 4(1).
  • Helland, C. (2007). Diaspora on the electronic frontier: Developing virtual connections with sacred homelands. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 12(3).
  • Helland, C. (2006). Using the internet for religious studies research. Religious Studies Review, 32(4), 222–223.
  • Helland, C. (2006). Websites for the study of new religious movements. Religious Studies Review, 32(4), 215–216.
  • Helland, C. (2005). Online religion as lived religion: Methodological issues in the study of religious participation on the internet. Online – Heidelberg Journal of  Religions on the Internet, 1(1).
  • Helland, C. (2002). Surfing for salvation. Religion, 32(4), 293–302.
  • Helland, C. (2000). The big bang and the big bomb: Examining the role of science and technology in apocalyptic belief systems. Journal of Millennial Studies, 2(2), 1–6.
  • Helland, C. (1999). Premillennialism, the community of conflict, and the problems of classification. Journal of Religion and Culture, 13, 97–108.

E-Book

  • Helland, C. (2015). Virtual religion: A case study of virtual Tibet. Oxford Handbooks. Topics in Religion Series, Oxford University Press.           

Book Chapters and Contributed Works

  • Helland, C. (forthcoming). Digital anomie in a hypermediated mediascape: The patchwork canopy and the promises and perils of the cybersacred. In N. Echchaibi & N. Schneider (Eds.), Hypermediations: Media, religion, and crisis. Matter Press.
  • Helland, C., & Kienzl, L. (2022). Ritual. In H. Campbell & R. Tsuria (Eds.), Digital   religion: Understanding religious practice in new media worlds (2nd ed., pp. 40–55). Routledge.
  • Grieve, G. P., Helland, C., & Singh, R. (2019). Digitizing Tibet. In X. Zeiler & K. Radde (Eds.), Mediatized religion in Asia: Studies on digital media and religion (pp. 139–162). Routledge.
  • Helland, C. (2018). Forward. In V. Šisler, K. Radde-Antweiler, & X. Zeiler (Eds.), Methods for studying video games and religion (pp. xvii–xix). Routledge.
  • Helland, C. (2018 [2015 Reprinted]). Virtual Tibet: from media spectacle to co-located sacred space. In H. Campbell (Ed.), Religion and the Internet: Critical concepts in religious studies Volume II (pp. 214-231). Routledge.
  • Helland, C. (2018 [2007 Reprinted]). Diaspora on the electronic frontier: developing   virtual connections with sacred homelands. In H. Campbell (Ed.), Religion and       the Internet Volume II (pp. 22-42). Routledge.
  • Helland, C. (2018 [2005 Reprinted]). Online religion as lived religion: Methodological issues in the study of religious participation on the internet. In H.    Campbell (Ed.), Religion and the Internet: Critical concepts in religious studies         (pp. 214-225). Routledge.
  • Helland, C. (2018 [2000 Reprinted]). Online religion/religion online and virtual          communitas. In H. Campbell (Ed.), Religion and the Internet: Critical concepts in religious studies (pp. 3-20). Routledge.
  • Helland, C. (2016). Ashtar command. In D. Bromley (Ed.), World Religions and                      Spiritualties Project. http://www.wrldrels.org/profiles/AshtarCommand.htm
  • Helland, C. (2016). Digital religion. In D. Yamane (Ed.), Handbook of religion and                society (pp. 177–196). Springer.
  • Helland, C. (2016). Digital religion. In J. Arvantakis (Ed.), Sociologic: Analysing        everyday life and culture (pp. 316–317). Oxford University Press.
  • Helland, C. (2015). Virtual Tibet: Maintaining identity through internet networks. In   G. Grieve & D. Veidlinger (Eds.), The pixel in the lotus: Buddhism, the internet,           and digital media (pp. 213–241). Routledge.
  • Helland, C. (2013 [2005 Reprinted]). Online religion as lived religion: Methodological issues in the study of religious participation on the internet. In C.    Cusack & D. Kirby (Eds.), Sects, cults, and new religions (pp. 286–298).      Routledge Major Works.
  • Helland, C. (2012). Ritual. In H. Campbell (Ed.), Digital religion: Understanding religious practice in new media worlds (pp. 25–40). Routledge.
  • Helland, C. (2012). Online religion in Canada: From hype to hyperlink. In L. Beaman (Ed.), Religion and Canadian society: Contents, identities, and strategies       (pp.      375–390). Canadian Scholar’s Press.
  • Helland, C. (2012). Online religion. In N. Azari (Ed.), Encyclopedia of sciences of religion (pp. 1554–1556). Springer.
  • Helland, C. (2008). Canadian religious diversity online: A network of possibilities. In P. Beyer & L. Beaman (Eds.), Religion and diversity in Canada (pp. 127–148).      Brill Academic Publishers.    
  • Helland, C. (2007). Hinduism on the internet. In D. Cush, C. Robinson, & M. York (Eds.), The encyclopedia of Hinduism (pp. 376–378). Routledge.
  • Helland, C. (2007). The Raelian creation myth and the art of cloning: Reality or rhetoric? In D. Tumminia (Ed.), Alien worlds: Social and religious dimensions of the UFO phenomenon (pp. 275–290). Syracuse University Press.
  • Helland, C. (2004). Popular religion and the World Wide Web: A match made in [cyber]heaven. In L. Dawson & D. Cowan (Eds.), Online religion: Finding faith on the Internet (pp. 23–36). Routledge.
  • Helland, C. (2003). From extraterrestrials to ultraterrestrials: The evolution of the concept of Ashtar. In C. Partridge (Ed.), UFO religions (pp. 162–178). Routledge.
  • Helland, C. (2003). The Ashtar Command. In J. R. Lewis (Ed.), The encyclopedic sourcebook of UFO religions (pp. 497–518). Prometheus Books.
  • Palmer, S., & Helland, C. (2003). UFO religions online: Prophetic failures and the narrative techniques of the Ground Crew. In J. R. Lewis (Ed.), The encyclopedic sourcebook of UFO religions (pp. 331–346). Prometheus Books.
  • Helland, C. (2000). Online religion/religion online and virtual communitas. In J. K. Hadden & D. E. Cowan (Eds.), Religion on the Internet: Research prospects and promises (pp. 205–224). JAI Press.
  • Helland, C. (2000). The Ground Crew/Planetary Activation Organization. In J. R, Lewis (Ed.), UFOs and popular culture: An encyclopedia of contemporary myth     (pp. 140–142). ABC-Clio.
  • Helland, C. (2000). The Ashtar Command. In J. R. Lewis (Ed.), UFOs and popular culture: An encyclopedia of contemporary myth (pp. 37–40). ABC-Clio.

Popular Publications

World Economic Forum

Magazine and Blog Articles

Helland, C. (2018). Virtual reality spaces: From the profane to the sacred.  Hypermediations.net. https://hypermediations.net/virtual-reality-spaces-from-the-profane-to-the-sacred/ma. Religion Going Public. https://religiongoingpublic.com/archive/2017/augmenting-the-   dharma

Helland, C., & Grieve, G. P. (2022). The spiritual pings of digital religion. Dharma World, 22(Spring), 10–14.

Helland, C., Grieve, G. P., & Sing, R. (2018). Augmenting the Dharma. Religion Going Public. https://religiongoingpublic.com/archive/2017/augmenting-the-   dharma