[RT2025]List of Confirmed Participants
The following authors have confirmed their participation in the 15th International Roundtable co-presented by the Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication (St John's University) and the Department of Peace Studies, International College (Payap University), on 1-2 November 2025 at Payap University, Chiangmai, Thailand.
Author(s) | Paper Title | Affiliation/Country |
1. Alvenio G. Mozol Jr.
| “Iain McGilchrist as a social influencer: religion through neuroscience from his Youtube interviews” | De LaSalle University, Philippines |
2. Anthony G. Roman, Melanie Reyes, and Joseph Albert Reyes, Patrick Garcia | Digital Media’s Power and Perils in Mobilizing Filipino Catholics Toward Greater Socio-Political Involvement | University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
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3. Ashe Chakhesang
| The Media Strategies of Faith-Based Organizations in Peacebuilding Initiatives: A Case of Northeast India & Southeast Myanmar | Payap University, Thailand/Myanmar |
4. Carl Jayson D. Hernandez
| Vatican Kiseki Chousakan as Philosophy of Religion: The Intersections of Faith, Science, and Philosophy in an Anime Adaptation | Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines |
5. Cesar Taqueban Reyes Jr. | Preaching with AI: A Practical Theological Experiment | Wesley Divinity School, Wesleyan University-Philippines |
6. Charles Aldrin A. Delgado
| Reconciling Faith and the Rise of New Media: Kierkegaard’s Two Ages vis-à-vis the Filipino Popular Piety of Traslacion | The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines |
7. a. Cristine Amontos Calustre; b. Annaliza A. Reyes; c. Jessa Niña A. Babac; d. Ariel T. Calustre | Rethinking the Influence of Digital Media in the Practice of Panaad sa Camiguin
| a. University of Santo Tomas, Philippines; b. dxCC-RMN Cagayan de Oro, Philippines; c. DepEd, Philippines; d. Remax International, Inc., Philippines |
8. Digna Delfino
| Religious and Spiritual Narratives in Popular Culture: Representation in Korean Dramas and Asian Media | De La Salle University, Philippines |
9. Sayed Bilal Haider | Digital Prejudice: The Role of Social Media in Religious Polarization in India | Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, Jammu & Kashmir – India |
10. Hadza Min Fadhli Robby, Alfredha Shinta Putri, Ryan Darma Yuda, and M. Lutfi Arkan | Contesting Narratives of Distant Crisis: How Indonesian Christians and Muslims Debate the Gaza Genocide | Department of International Relations Islamic University of Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
11. Heidi A Campbell
| When Memes Communicate a Mediatized Lived Buddhism: Negotiating the Performance of Religious Heterodoxy and Remixed Bias Religion Online in Popular Internet Memes | Texas A&M University, USA |
12. Herlina Hadia | Fratelli Tutti and the Path to Fraternity in Digital Communication | Australia |
13. Ivan Efreaim Gozum | Cinematic Grace: Theological and Existential Reflections on Rewind as a Medium for Faith and Self-Examination | University of Santo Tomas, Philippines |
14. Jeramie N. Molino
| Sacred Stewardship: Green Media’s Influence on Religious Narratives About Environmental Issues in the Philippines | St Louis University, Philippines |
15. John Patrick C. Toledo | Title: #MoralBytes: Exploring Moral Formation in the Digital World | De La Salle University, Philippines |
16. John V. Matthew | Mediatization of Religion by the Hindu religious nationalists in India | United Theological College, Bangalore, India. |
17. Johnathan Jodamus
| “Ideological Texture and the Politics of Biblical Interpretation: (Con)texturing Ideologies of Modesty, Authority, and Childbearing in 1 Timothy 2:8–15” | University of the Western Cape (UWC). Cape Town, South Africa. |
18. Johnson Thomaskutty | Mediatization of a New Imperial Spirituality in Contemporary India | The United Theological College, India. |
19. Kasmir Nema and Andrea May C. Malonzo
| Understanding Media Consumption, Preferences, and Satisfaction of South and Southeast Asian Religious Online Media Consumers: The Case of Radio Veritas Asia’s Website | Indonesia and Central Luzon State University, Philippines |
20. Lee-Shae Salma Scharnick-Udemans | Streaming the Sacred: Entanglements of religion, public pedagogy and epistemic freedom | University of the Western Cape Cape Town, South Africa |
21. Luis Gabriel E. Enriquez | Lights, karma, action: altering life trajectories across chronologies in contemporary Thai film | Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines |
22. Le Ngoc Bich Ly and Poe Poe
| The Role of Media and Challenges in Buddhist Peace Education in Conflict Affected Myanmar: A Case Study of a Buddhist University in Mandalay | Payap University, Thailand |
23. Melanie S. Reyes, Anthony Roman, Juegene Café | Virtual Catholic Parishes: A Feasible Reality? | University of Santo Tomas, Philippines |
24. Moakumla Longkumer
| The Role of Digital Platforms in Religious and Political Mobilization for Peacebuilding in Pursuit of Indigenous Political Theology and Liberation | Allahabad Bible Seminary, India |
25. Ralph Vincent B. Ortiz and Ma. Cristina S.C. Eusebio | Spreading the Gospel in the Digital Age: Catholic Reflections on Social Media through Almusalita | De La Salle University, Philippines |
26. Prakash Abraham | Decoding Digital Narratives: Performance Criticism as a Biblio-Hermeneutical Lens | Research Scholar in Hindustan Deemed University (HITS), Chennai, India |
27. Jomar D. Redubla | Evolving Digital Evangelism: A Qualitative Analysis of Religious Mobilization Through Social Media in the Philippines | Far Eastern Univerisity Cavite, Philippines |
28. Richmon Rey B. Jundis
| Understanding Pope Francis’ Framing of Technology in Laudato Si’ and Fratelli Tutti in Light of Shannon Vallor’s Technomoral Virtues | Saint Paul Seminary Foundation, Philippines |
29. Rito Baring | Engaging Religion in Digital Video Games | De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines |
30. Mishra Sanjogita | As You Seek, So You Are Served: Bhagavad Gita 4.11 and the Logic of Algorithmic Reciprocity | India |
31. Sebastian Periannan | East or West Home Is the Best: AI and Asian Spirituality – A Critical Reflection | Annai College of Arts and Science, Kumbakonam, India |
32. V. Judia Harriet Sumathy | The Future of the Church with AI | Women’s Christian College, Chennai, India |
33. Marsefio Sevyone Luhukay, Alo Liliweri, Arief Subhan, and Frengki Napitupulu | Sacred Strings and Spiritual Beats: Music as Interfaith Media in Post-Conflict Ambon Indonesia | Universitas Pelita Harapan & Universitas Sahid, Jakarta, Indonesia | |
34. Ferial Marlie
| Islam, Gender-based violence and Social Media: A Feminist Critique of Religious Authority on Social Media | University of Western Cape, South Africa |
35. Sarojini Nadar and Thandi Gamedze
| Sanctifying Settler Colonialism: An Intersectional Discursive Analysis of Christian Zionist Media Statements | University of Western Cape, South Africa |
36. Miranda Pillay | Boundary Markers in Acts 8:26-40: On decolonising “othered” bodies | University of Western Cape, South Africa |
37. Kenneth Rayco, Audrey Shane Dionida, Cyrene Garcia | Religious Language and the Ethics of Persuasion: A Case Study of the INC Peace Rally | St Jude Catholic School, Philippines |
38. Chandra Pattanayak | Religion devoid of the Spiritual: Challenges for "Internet 4 Trust" | Institute of Knowledge Societies, India |
39. Mylene Icamina-Maravilla
| Faith in Feed: Exploring Youth Perspectives on Online Religious Experiences and Articulations | De La Salle University, Philippines |
40. John Mary M. Nuqui, Sarah Gail A. Ortiz, Sir-Lien Hugh T. Tadeo | Faith, Frames, and Feeds: A Media-Theological Look at the Passing of Pope Francis | University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
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41. Michel Chambon | Serving the Media as a Scholar of Religion and Religious Actor | National University of Singapore, Singapore |
42. Isabel Weitschies
| From Living in the Shadows to Facebook Livestreams: The Impact of Social Media on Current Mediumship Practice of Mother Goddesses Worship (Đạo Mẫu) in Vietnam | Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany |
43. Bryan B. Albia, Mariel Blanza, Mariel B., Andrew Joseph S. Chanco | “Media as Mourner: The Death of Pope Francis and the Digital Ritualization of Grief” | University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
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44. Rico Jacoba
| Re-Reading Luke 10:25-37 in the Digital Age: Postcolonial Exegesis and Filipino Perspectives on Cyber-Neighborliness | St Louis University, Philippines |
45. Andre Joseph Theng | Media Representation of Pope Francis | University of Edinburgh, UK |
46. Bryon Lippincott | Digital Media and the Christian Church: Social Media’s Erosion of the Churches Moral Authority. | Payap University, Thailand |
47.a. Winda Galuh Desfianti; b. Angela Annabel; c. Angelina | God, Government, and the Spotlight: Trust, Tensions, and Perceptions in Indonesia’s Religious Landscape | a. London School of Public Relation Communication & Business Institute, Jakarta; b. London School of Public Relation Communication & Business Institute, Jakart; c. Creative Polytechnic Indonesia/ESMOD Jakarta |
