Bio

Hyeon Min Ryu is a researcher whose work explores the intersections of religion, media, technology, and contemporary Korean society. With an academic background spanning both Theatre and Film Studies and Religious Studies, he brings an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of religion in the digital age.

His research examines how religious authority, identity, and community are transformed through social media and emerging technologies, while also addressing broader questions of social change, collective memory, stigma, and public responses to disaster. His work has been published in Korean academic journals and presented at national and international conferences.

Beyond digital religion, Ryu's interests include Korean new religious movements, civil religion, material religion, and the sociology of grief. Through his scholarship, he seeks to understand how religious ideas and practices continue to shape contemporary culture, politics, and everyday life in South Korea.