The social media is used for just about anything. Chatting with friends, being invited to events, starting revolutions, and facilitating religious activism are just a few things the social media is being used for. Elizabeth Drescher,a religious studies professor at Santa Clara University, combines technology with religion in an article on her blog, Religion Dispatches. She talks about how social media is being used in religious communities, allowing for more personal communication and easier activism.

I can certainly relate this to my own religious community. In fact, I use FaceBook to see what local religious events are going on.  Religious leaders are also commonly found on FaceBook and other social media websites, making them more appealing to the youth. It is a lot easier to follow these religious leaders if they are using social media. It’s also a nice way to stay connected and share a personal feeling with these people that we normally wouldn’t have access to. A while ago, I had a question I wanted to ask a religious leader. I knew he was active on FaceBook, so I decided to inbox him my question. I thought he wouldn’t answer because he is a pretty busy guy and he had thousands of other fans to answer to. I was surprised to see a response to my question the next day; I really couldn’t believe it.  Normally, I would never get a chance to talk to someone like him. But, thanks to social media, I got a hold of him. Social media makes it a lot easier to connect to people that we usually have a hard time contacting. It allows for religious communities to come closer and interact because we can all be in one spot without time constraints. Social media also gives these religious figures a persona that a lot of the youth can relate to. It helps make religion accessible to the masses.