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Religion online : finding faith on the Internet

Authors:Lorne L. Dawson, Douglas E. Cowan

Summary:In 2001 an estimated three million Americans a day searched for religious information and spiritual guidance on the Internet. This study examines the new reality of faith on the net, looking at the available resources and how the public are making use ofthem

eBook, English, ©2004

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: Routledge, New York, ©2004

Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 279 pages)

ISBN:

9780203957936, 9780203497609, 9780415970211, 9780415970228, 0203497600, 0203957938, 0415970210, 0415970229

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:252726314

Subjects:

Godsdienstige bewegingen

Internet Aspect religieux

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Library & Information Science General

Religion Computer network resources

Religion Ressources Internet

Additional Physical Form Entry:

Print version:

Religion online.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

vii

1 Introduction

1

(16)

LORNE L. DAWSON AND DOUGLAS E. COWAN

2 Cyberfaith: How Americans Pursue Religion Online

17

(6)

ELENA LARSEN

Part I: Being Religious in Cyberspace

3 Popular Religion and the World Wide Web: A Match Made in (Cyber) Heaven

23

(14)

CHRISTOPHER HELLAND

4 Cyberspace as Sacred Space: Communicating Religion on Computer Networks

37

(22)

STEPHEN D. O'LEARY

5 Young People, Religious Identity, and the Internet

59

(16)

MIA L��VHEIM

6 Religion and the Quest for Virtual Community

75

(18)

LORNE L. DAWSON

Part II: Mainstream Religions in Cyberspace

7 Reading and Praying Online: The Continuity of Religion Online and Online Religion in Internet Christianity

93

(14)

GLENN YOUNG

8 "This Is My Church": Seeing the Internet and Club Culture as Spiritual Spaces

107

(16)

HEIDI CAMPBELL

9 "Rip. Burn. Pray.": Islamic Expression Online

123

(12)

GARY R. BUNT

10 The Cybersangha: Buddhism on the Internet

135

(16)

CHARLES S. PREBISH

Part III: New Religions in Cyberspace

11 New Religions and the Internet: Recruiting in a New Public Space

151

(24)

LORNE L. DAWSON AND JENNA HENNEBRY

12 The Internet as Virtual Spiritual Community: Teen Witches in the United States and Australia

175

(14)

HELEN A. BERGER AND DOUGLAS EZZY

13 The Goddess Net

189

(16)

WENDY GRIFFIN

14 The House of Netjer: A New Religious Community Online

205

(18)

MARILYN C. KROGH AND BROOKE ASHLEY PTLLIFANT

Part IV: Religious Quests and Contests in Cyberspace

15 Virtual Pilgrimage to Ireland's Croagh Patrick

223

(16)

MARK W. MACWILLIAMS

16 Searching for the Apocalypse in Cyberspace

239

(16)

ROBERT A. CAMPBELL

17 Contested Spaces: Movement, Countermovement, and E-Space Propaganda

255

(18)

DOUGLAS E. COWAN

Contributors

273

(4)

Index

277

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