Youth Religiosity and Social Media in Brunei Darussalam

Abstract

The development of digital technology has led to transformations in our everyday lives and, as a result, produced new practices and new spatialities. Young people at the heart of these transformations display unique forms of religiosity that are somewhat different from that of their parents’ generation. This chapter examines young Malay Muslim Bruneians’ lived religiosities in the context of their everyday engagements on social media. They question markers of religiosities, are cautious about self-disclosures, and negotiate and challenge intergenerational and intragenerational pressures. Their lived religiosities offer up microgeographies of young people’s religiosities, and throw new light on contemporary youth religious culture and the broader sociocultural and religious development facilitated by digital technology.