Title | Online Buddhist Community: An Alternative Religious Organization in the Information Age |
Publication Type | Book Chapter |
2005 | |
Authors | Kim, M-C |
Book Title | Religion and Cyberspace |
Publisher | Routledge |
City | New York |
In the twenty-first century, religious life is increasingly moving from churches, mosques and temples onto the Internet. Today, anyone can go online and seek a new form of religious expression without ever encountering a physical place of worship, or an ordained teacher or priest. The digital age offers virtual worship, cyber-prayers and talk-boards for all of the major world faiths, as well as for pagan organisations and new religious movements. It also abounds with misinformation, religious bigotry and information terrorism. Scholars of religion need to understand the emerging forum that the web offers to religion, and the kinds of religious and social interaction that it enables. | |
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Book Editors | K.T. Hojsgaard, M. Warburg |