The Fellowship of the Net

The article revisits the tradition of religious socialism as a potential resource for the information age. It begins with a detailed exposition and defence of the ideas of network society theorist Manuel Castells. However, the article questions Castells’ reliance on contemporary social movements as...

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Published in:International journal of public theology
Main Author: Duff, Alistair S. 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: International journal of public theology
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
CH Christianity and Society
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Information Technology network society Christian socialism brotherhood of man fellowship of the net
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Summary:The article revisits the tradition of religious socialism as a potential resource for the information age. It begins with a detailed exposition and defence of the ideas of network society theorist Manuel Castells. However, the article questions Castells’ reliance on contemporary social movements as a response to what he calls the bipolar opposition between the net and the self. Arguing for a more universal and ontological solution, it seeks to reappropriate the nineteenth-century Christian socialism of Maurice, Ludlow and Kingsley, specifically their powerful doctrine of mere brotherhood. Updated as the fellowship of the net, the brotherhood and sisterhood of humankind under the fatherhood of God turns into an attractive and plausible twenty-first century ideal.
ISSN:1569-7320
Contains:In: International journal of public theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341482