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‘Jesus saves’ and ‘Clothed in Christ’: athletic religious apparel in the Christian CrossFit community (2017)
Journal Article
Ornella, A. D. (in press). ‘Jesus saves’ and ‘Clothed in Christ’: athletic religious apparel in the Christian CrossFit community. Sport in Society, 22(2), 266-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2017.1360580

The popular sport of CrossFit has attracted a number of Christians who simultaneously celebrate their passion for their faith and their passion for their sport. In this interplay of sport and religion, fashion becomes an important means for the profe... Read More about ‘Jesus saves’ and ‘Clothed in Christ’: athletic religious apparel in the Christian CrossFit community.

Uncanny intimacies: Humans and machines in film (2016)
Book Chapter
Ornella, A. D. (2016). Uncanny intimacies: Humans and machines in film. In M. Hauskeller, T. D. Philbeck, & C. D. Carbonell (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television (330-338). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137430328_33

In its Riley v. California ruling requiring the police to get a search warrant to access mobile phone content, the US Supreme Court argued that: ‘modern cell phones, (…) are now such a pervasive and insistent part of daily life that the proverbial vi... Read More about Uncanny intimacies: Humans and machines in film.

Losers, food, and sex: clerical masculinity in the BBC sitcom Rev (2016)
Journal Article
Ornella, A. (2016). Losers, food, and sex: clerical masculinity in the BBC sitcom Rev. Journal for Religion, Film and Media, 99-122. https://doi.org/10.25364/05.2%3A2016.2.6

Clerical masculinities, much like their lay/secular counterparts, often appear unchanging because they are the products of naturalization processes. Clerical masculinities, however, are far from being stable but the live and breathe the dynamics of b... Read More about Losers, food, and sex: clerical masculinity in the BBC sitcom Rev.

Commun(icat)ing Bodies: Body as a Medium in Religious Symbol Systems (2015)
Book
Höpflinger, A.-K., Ornella, A. D., & Knauss, S. (Eds.). (2015). Commun(icat)ing Bodies: Body as a Medium in Religious Symbol Systems. Theologischer Verlag

As a basic medium of human interaction, the body is fundamental to socio-cultural communication systems, in particular the communication system of religion.

This innovative and ground-breaking volume studies these systems and the role that the bo... Read More about Commun(icat)ing Bodies: Body as a Medium in Religious Symbol Systems.

It's All About Sex. The Peculiar Case of Technology and Gender (2013)
Journal Article
Ornella, A. (2013). It's All About Sex. The Peculiar Case of Technology and Gender. Verifiche : Rivista di scienze umane, 42(1-3), 183-213

Gender and technology might seem unrelated on first sight because technology is often considered a neutral other that does not have anything to do with gender. Yet, taking a closer look at the language we use to talk about technology, at the images w... Read More about It's All About Sex. The Peculiar Case of Technology and Gender.

Cat and Mouse. Haneke's Joy in the Spectator's Distress (2010)
Book Chapter
Ornella, A. (2010). Cat and Mouse. Haneke's Joy in the Spectator's Distress. In A. D. Ornella, & S. Knauss (Eds.), Fascinatingly Disturbing. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Michael Haneke’s Cinema (145-166). Pickwick Publications

The Promethean myth : an argument for methodological atheism (2009)
Journal Article
Ornella, A. (2009). The Promethean myth : an argument for methodological atheism. Masaryk University journal of law and technology, 3(1), 125-151

In public perception (in particular in secular Europe), technosciences are often considered as something verifiable, neutral, and without any relation to the religious realm. Looking back at ancient times, however, powerful mythical figures like Prom... Read More about The Promethean myth : an argument for methodological atheism.