The digital humanities are a collection of methodologies with a long history in the disciplines of literature, linguistics, media studies, and pedagogy. These methodologies and the scholars who employ them have recently gained widespread attention among academics and observers of higher education. While the digital humanities have deep roots in the field of religious studies, most scholars of religion have been relatively slow to embrace digital methods for research and pedagogy. This essay provides an introduction to the cluster of research and teaching methods generally grouped under the term “digital humanities.” Digital humanists create digital archives, research collections, and exhibits; map and visualize information using online tools; and develop and apply computational methods of textual and visual analysis. This essay offers examples of scholarship and pedagogy on North American religions that use each of these methodologies, and concludes with a brief discussion of resources for learning about and becoming involved with digital humanities work.

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数字人文科学与北美宗教的研究与教学

数字人文学科是文学，语言学，媒体研究和教育学等学科中历史悠久的方法论的集合。这些方法和使用它们的学者最近在高等教育的学者和观察者中引起了广泛的关注。尽管数字人文学科在宗教研究领域具有深厚的渊源，但大多数宗教学者相对较慢地接受数字方法进行研究和教学。本文介绍了通常归类于“数字人文科学”一词的一系列研究和教学方法。数字人文主义者创建数字档案，研究收藏和展览；使用在线工具映射和可视化信息；并开发和应用文本和视觉分析的计算方法。