Religion online : finding faith on the Internet / edited by Lorne L. Dawson and Douglas E. Cowan.

Other author Dawson, Lorne L., 1954-
Other author Cowan, Douglas E.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2004.
Descriptionvii, 279 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Cyberfaith : how Americans pursue religion online / Elena Larsen -- Popular religion and the World Wide Web : a match made in (cyber) heaven / Christopher Helland -- Cyberspace as sacred space : communicating religion on computer networks / Stephen D. O'Leary -- Young people, religious identity and the Internet / Mia Lvheim -- Religion and the quest for virtual community / Lorne L. Dawson -- Reading and praying online : the continuity of religion online and online religion in Internet Christianity / Glenn Young -- This is my church : seeing the Internet and club culture as spiritual spaces / Heidi Campbell -- Rip.burn.pray : Islamic expression online / Gary R. Bunt -- The cybersangha : Buddhism on the Internet / Charles S. Prebish -- New religions and the Internet : recruiting in a new public space / Lorne L. Dawson and Jenna hennebry -- The Internet as virtual spiritual community : teen witches in the United States and Australia / Helen A. Berger and Douglas Ezzy -- The goddess net / Wendy Griffin -- The house of Netjer : a new religious community online / Marilyn Krogh and Brooke Ashley Pillifant -- Virtual pilgrimage to Ireland's Croagh Patrick / Mark MacWilliams -- Searching for the apocalypse in cyberspace / Robert Campbell -- Contested spaces : movement, countermovement, and e-space propaganda / Douglas E. Cowan.
Abstract 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 of them.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formPrint version: Religion online. New York : Routledge, 2004 0415970210
LCCN 2003022731
ISBN0415970210 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780415970211 (alk. paper)
ISBN0415970229 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780415970228 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780203497609
ISBN0203497600
Standard identifier# 9780415970228
Govt. docs number PED1013RE
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Joyner General Stacks BL37 .R46 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold