Speech, script and social media: How communication technology has changed religion by The British Academy published on 2017-10-26T10:16:22Z This event was part of the British Academy's season on Revolutions. Join our panel as they discuss whether developments in communication technology – from the invention of the printing press to the rise of social media – are catalysts for religious change. Speakers: Rabiha Hannan - Co-founder of New Horizons in British Islam Rev Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch FBA - Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford; Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford Dr John Maiden - Lecturer in Religious Studies, The Open University Professor Jolyon Mitchell - Professor of Communications, Arts and Religion, University of Edinburgh Chair: Tracey Byrne - Chief Executive, OneBodyOneFaith Organised in partnership with the St Philip's Centre and Leicester Cathedral Genre Learning