Books

Religion in a
changing world.

Books on the people, beliefs, and institutions at the intersection of religion, science, and technology.

Cover of Divine Meets Digital by Di DiRutgers University Press · 2026
New book · 2026

Divine Meets Digital

Tech Workers and Religion
in the U.S. and China

How do people building the technological future understand faith, spirituality, and ethics? Drawing on 98 interviews with tech workers in Silicon Valley and Shenzhen, I explore how religion figures in the lives of people working in an industry often associated with secularism.

The book brings a comparative perspective to questions of meaning, technological possibility, and the ethical choices people make at work.

Di Di · Rutgers University Press · April 2026

98Interviews
Silicon ValleyUnited States
ShenzhenChina

2019

Oxford University Press

Co-authored book

Secularity and Science

What Scientists Around the World Really Think About Religion

Elaine Howard Ecklund, David R. Johnson, Brandon Vaidyanathan, Kirstin R. W. Matthews, Steven W. Lewis, Robert A. Thomson Jr., and Di Di

Based on surveys of more than 20,000 scientists and interviews with over 600, this book examines the relationship between science and religion across eight national and regional settings. It shows how scientists’ beliefs and experiences vary across social contexts.

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Work in
progress

The University of
North Carolina Press

Under advance contract

Buddhism Behind Borders

How National Context Influences Buddhists’ Expression of Religion in China and the United States

Di Di

A comparative study of how national contexts shape Buddhist identities, practices, and religious communities in China and the United States.

This book is in progress and under advance contract with the University of North Carolina Press.

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