I consider religion and media in the wider framework of “material culture” and look at this intersection through the lenses of “material religion.” Thus, I am interested both in examining the materiality of religion, in several contexts, and in the ways religious traditions use media and technology, in particular online media, to communicate. When relevant, I like to bridge the gaps in the study of these two aspects of religion and culture: digital and mediated expressions through various online forms of communication and practices that are often embodied, necessitating material resources, and conversations about these. Conducting cyberethnographic fieldwork in several online communities of mothers has been an important part of my postdoctoral project on Natural Parenting in the Digital Age. Previously, I have  published on ornaments as devotional expressions in Hindu poetry of early-modern India and on how religious toys and dolls contribute to sharing a gendered identity in children. My earliest publications on religion and media looked at religion and ritual in video sharing websites (at at time when these were still fairly new).