Online Christian Churches: Three Case Studies
Online churches are Internet-based Christian communities, pursuing worship, proselytism and other ecclesial activities through digital media. This article is based on three case studies of online churches: i-church, the Anglican Cathedral of Second Life, and LifeChurch.tv Church Online. Seven key th...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Equinox Publ.
2010
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Année: 2010, Volume: 23, Numéro: 3, Pages: 346-369 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Internet Religion
B Online Churches B Christianity B Internet B Cyberethnography |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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Résumé: | Online churches are Internet-based Christian communities, pursuing worship, proselytism and other ecclesial activities through digital media. This article is based on three case studies of online churches: i-church, the Anglican Cathedral of Second Life, and LifeChurch.tv Church Online. Seven key themes emerge from these case studies and are used here as a framework for comparative analysis: mass appeal, spiritual experience, community, reliance on the familiar, local church attendance, internal control and external oversight. |
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ISSN: | 2047-7058 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal for the academic study of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/arsr.v23i3.346 |