"Religion and Cyberspace" explores how religious individuals and groups are responding to the opportunities and challenges that cyberspace brings. It asks how religious experience is generated and enacted online, and how faith is shaped by factors such as limitless choice, lack of religious authority, and the conflict between recognized and non-recognized forms of worship. Combining case studies with the latest theory, its twelve chapters examine topics including the history of online worship, virtuality versus reality in cyberspace, religious conflict in digital contexts, and the construction…mehr
"Religion and Cyberspace" explores how religious individuals and groups are responding to the opportunities and challenges that cyberspace brings. It asks how religious experience is generated and enacted online, and how faith is shaped by factors such as limitless choice, lack of religious authority, and the conflict between recognized and non-recognized forms of worship. Combining case studies with the latest theory, its twelve chapters examine topics including the history of online worship, virtuality versus reality in cyberspace, religious conflict in digital contexts, and the construction of religious identity online. Focusing on key themes in this groundbreaking area, it is an ideal introduction to the fascinating questions that online religion presents.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Morten T. Højsgaard is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History of Religions at the University of Copenhagen, and is editor of the journal Den digtale kirke (The Digital Church). Margit Warburg is Associate Professor of Sociology of Religion at the University of Copenhagen. Her books include Baha'i (2004) and New Religions and New Religiosity (1998, co-edited with Eileen Barker).
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Introduction: Waves of Research, Morten T. Højsgaard, Margit Warburg Part 1 Coming to Terms With Religion and Cyberspace Chapter 2 The Mediation of Religious Experience in Cyberspace, Lorne L. Dawson Chapter 3 Utopian and Dystopian Possibilities of Networked Religion in the New Millennium, Stephen D. O'Leary Chapter 4 Cyber-Religion, Morten T. Højsgaard Part 2 Religious Authority and Conflict in the Age of the Internet Chapter 5 Crossing the Boundary, Eileen Barker Chapter 6 Seeking for Truth, David Piff, Margit Warburg Chapter 7 A Symbolic Universe, Massimo Introvigne Part 3 Constructing Religious Identities and Communities Online Chapter 8 Constructing Religious Identity On the Internet, Mia Lövheim, Alf G. Linderman Chapter 9 Online Buddhist Community, Mun-Cho Kim Chapter 10 Virtual As Contextual, Debbie Herring Chapter 11 Christian Web Usage, Michael J. Laney Chapter 12 Digital Waco, Mark MacWilliams
Chapter 1 Introduction: Waves of Research, Morten T. Højsgaard, Margit Warburg Part 1 Coming to Terms With Religion and Cyberspace Chapter 2 The Mediation of Religious Experience in Cyberspace, Lorne L. Dawson Chapter 3 Utopian and Dystopian Possibilities of Networked Religion in the New Millennium, Stephen D. O'Leary Chapter 4 Cyber-Religion, Morten T. Højsgaard Part 2 Religious Authority and Conflict in the Age of the Internet Chapter 5 Crossing the Boundary, Eileen Barker Chapter 6 Seeking for Truth, David Piff, Margit Warburg Chapter 7 A Symbolic Universe, Massimo Introvigne Part 3 Constructing Religious Identities and Communities Online Chapter 8 Constructing Religious Identity On the Internet, Mia Lövheim, Alf G. Linderman Chapter 9 Online Buddhist Community, Mun-Cho Kim Chapter 10 Virtual As Contextual, Debbie Herring Chapter 11 Christian Web Usage, Michael J. Laney Chapter 12 Digital Waco, Mark MacWilliams
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