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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Auteur principal: Hutchings, Tim (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Equinox Publ. 2010
Dans: 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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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.
ISSN:2047-7058
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the academic study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/arsr.v23i3.346