@article {487,
	title = {Online religion as Lived Religion: Methodological Issues in the Study of Religious Participation on the Internet},
	journal = {Online-Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2005},
	abstract = {In his article Christopher Helland proposes a more comprehensive framework for his theoretical distinction for online religion and religion online. When he developed this typology in 1999, Helland recognized a clear distinction between religious Web sites where people could act with unrestricted freedom and a high level of interactivity (online religion) versus the majority of religious Web sites, which seemed to provide only religious information and no interaction (religion online). He now advances the religion online / online religion framework by drawing from the ongoing critique of his earlier work. He concludes that many religious Web sites today provide both information and an area where this information can be lived and communicated. This occurs on the Internet where Web sites try to incorporate both an information zone and interaction zone in a single site or, more commonly, where popular unofficial Web sites provide the area for online religion, while the official religious Web site supplies religion online. In cases where institutional religious organizations do not support online religion he assumes that it may be due to their perception of the Internet as a tool for communicating rather than an extension of our social world.},
	keywords = {internet, Online, Participation, religion},
	url = {http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/volltexte/2005/5823/},
	author = {Helland, Christopher}
}
@inbook {275,
	title = {Canadian Religious Diversity Online: A Network of Possibilities},
	booktitle = {Religion and Diversity in Canada},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {127-148},
	publisher = {Brill Academic Publishers},
	organization = {Brill Academic Publishers},
	address = {Boston},
	abstract = {Canada officially prides itself on being a multicultural nation, welcoming people from all around the world, and enshrining that status in its Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as in an array of laws and policies that aim to protect citizens from discrimination on various grounds, including race, cultural origin, sexual orientation, and religion. This volume explores the intersection of these diversities, foregrounding religion as the primary focus of analysis. Taking as their point of departure the contested meaning and implications of the term diversity, the various contributions address issues such as the power relations that diversity implies, the cultural context that limits the understanding and practical acceptance of religious diversity, and how Canada compares in these matters to other countries. Taken together the essays therefore elucidate the Canadian case while also having relevance for understanding this critical issue globally.},
	keywords = {Canada, culture, diversity, religion},
	url = {http://books.google.com/books?id=79bUL99FnVUC\&pg=PA127\&lpg=PA127\&dq=Canadian+Religious+Diversity+Online:+Network+of+Possibilities\&source=bl\&ots=rOhSBr_4tC\&sig=dkyQ6cs6cNZaqRdO4XYGpfWek9g\&hl=en\&ei=BxfoTrObO-jHsQKAleiCCQ\&sa=X\&oi=book_result\&ct=result\&resnum},
	author = {Helland, Christopher}
}
@article {491,
	title = {Online religion as Lived Religion: Methodological Issues in the Study of Religious Participation on the Internet},
	journal = {Online-Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2005},
	abstract = {In his article Christopher Helland proposes a more comprehensive framework for his theoretical distinction for online religion and religion online. When he developed this typology in 1999, Helland recognized a clear distinction between religious Web sites where people could act with unrestricted freedom and a high level of interactivity (online religion) versus the majority of religious Web sites, which seemed to provide only religious information and no interaction (religion online). He now advances the religion online / online religion framework by drawing from the ongoing critique of his earlier work. He concludes that many religious Web sites today provide both information and an area where this information can be lived and communicated. This occurs on the Internet where Web sites try to incorporate both an information zone and interaction zone in a single site or, more commonly, where popular unofficial Web sites provide the area for online religion, while the official religious Web site supplies religion online. In cases where institutional religious organizations do not support online religion he assumes that it may be due to their perception of the Internet as a tool for communicating rather than an extension of our social world.},
	keywords = {internet, Online, Participation, religion},
	url = {http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/volltexte/2005/5823/},
	author = {Helland, Christopher}
}
@inbook {225,
	title = {Online-Religion/Religion-Online and Virtual Communities},
	booktitle = {Religion on the Internet: Research prospects and promises},
	year = {2000},
	pages = {205-223},
	publisher = {JAI Press},
	organization = {JAI Press},
	address = {New York},
	abstract = {After sex, religion is one of the most popular and pervasive topics of interest online, with over three million Americans turning to the internet each day for religious information and spiritual guidance. Tens of thousands of elaborate websites are dedicated to every manner of expression. Religion Online provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this burgeoning new religious reality, from cyberpilgrimages to neo-pagan chatroom communities. A substantial introduction by the editors presenting the main themes and issues is followed by sixteen chapters addressing core issues of concern such as youth, religion and the internet, new religious movements and recruitment, propaganda and the countercult, and religious tradition and innovation. The volume also includes the Pew Internet and American Life ProjectExecutiveSummary, the most comprehensive and widely cited study on how Americans pursue religion online, and Steven O{\textquoteright}Leary{\textquoteright}s field-defining Cyberspace as SacredSpace.},
	keywords = {Online-religion, religion-online, virtual communities},
	url = {http://books.google.com/books?id=iS80IHp0cDwC\&pg=PA105\&lpg=PA105\&dq=Online-religion/religion-online+and+virtual+communitas\&source=bl\&ots=gwOoakhqVV\&sig=_vZdggLUGLfNebPjfzacEuvReLA\&hl=en\&ei=l1y8ToPTOqfO2gWDhp2aBQ\&sa=X\&oi=book_result\&ct=result\&resnum=6\&ved=},
	author = {Helland, Christopher}
}
@article {490,
	title = {Online religion as Lived Religion: Methodological Issues in the Study of Religious Participation on the Internet},
	journal = {Online-Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2005},
	abstract = {In his article Christopher Helland proposes a more comprehensive framework for his theoretical distinction for online religion and religion online. When he developed this typology in 1999, Helland recognized a clear distinction between religious Web sites where people could act with unrestricted freedom and a high level of interactivity (online religion) versus the majority of religious Web sites, which seemed to provide only religious information and no interaction (religion online). He now advances the religion online / online religion framework by drawing from the ongoing critique of his earlier work. He concludes that many religious Web sites today provide both information and an area where this information can be lived and communicated. This occurs on the Internet where Web sites try to incorporate both an information zone and interaction zone in a single site or, more commonly, where popular unofficial Web sites provide the area for online religion, while the official religious Web site supplies religion online. In cases where institutional religious organizations do not support online religion he assumes that it may be due to their perception of the Internet as a tool for communicating rather than an extension of our social world.},
	keywords = {internet, Online, Participation, religion},
	url = {http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/volltexte/2005/5823/},
	author = {Helland, Christopher}
}
@article {224,
	title = {Surfing for Salvation},
	journal = {Religion},
	volume = {32},
	year = {2002},
	pages = {293-302},
	abstract = {I demonstrate that despite the enormous amount of religion on the Internet, a general classification can be developed based upon the religious participation occurring at the various websites. I recognise these classifications as {\textquoteleft}religion-online{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}online-religion{\textquoteright}. Religion-online presents information about religion. It is a controlled environment. The site has been structured to limit participation. In contrast, online-religion provides an interactive religious environment for the web practitioner. Because of this difference, individuals and organisations have different perceptions concerning how the Internet should be used for religious purposes. In many cases there is an active form of religious participation occurring. Rituals are conducted, prayers are posted and even communion is carried out on this medium. In other situations the Internet presents material concerning religion to a passively receptive audience. Despite these levels of control, the web surfer is exposed to an enormous number of belief systems and also varying levels of online religious participation.},
	keywords = {Classification, Participation, Perception, Purpose, religion online},
	url = {http://www.mendeley.com/research/surfing-for-salvation/$\#$},
	author = {Helland, Christopher}
}
@article {489,
	title = {Online religion as Lived Religion: Methodological Issues in the Study of Religious Participation on the Internet},
	journal = {Online-Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2005},
	abstract = {In his article Christopher Helland proposes a more comprehensive framework for his theoretical distinction for online religion and religion online. When he developed this typology in 1999, Helland recognized a clear distinction between religious Web sites where people could act with unrestricted freedom and a high level of interactivity (online religion) versus the majority of religious Web sites, which seemed to provide only religious information and no interaction (religion online). He now advances the religion online / online religion framework by drawing from the ongoing critique of his earlier work. He concludes that many religious Web sites today provide both information and an area where this information can be lived and communicated. This occurs on the Internet where Web sites try to incorporate both an information zone and interaction zone in a single site or, more commonly, where popular unofficial Web sites provide the area for online religion, while the official religious Web site supplies religion online. In cases where institutional religious organizations do not support online religion he assumes that it may be due to their perception of the Internet as a tool for communicating rather than an extension of our social world.},
	keywords = {internet, Online, Participation, religion},
	url = {http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/volltexte/2005/5823/},
	author = {Helland, Christopher}
}
@article {144,
	title = {Diaspora on the electronic frontier: Developing virtual connections with sacred homelands},
	journal = {Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication},
	year = {2007},
	abstract = {This study demonstrates how diaspora religious traditions utilized the Internet to develop significant network connections among each other and also to their place of origins. By examining the early Usenet system, I argue that the religious beliefs and practices of diaspora religious traditions were a motivating factor for developing Usenet groups where geographically dispersed individuals could connect with each other in safe, supportive, and religiously tolerant environments. This article explores the new forms of religious practices that began to occur on these sites, focusing on the manner in which Internet technology and the World Wide Web were utilized for activities such as long-distance ritual practice, cyber pilgrimage, and other religiously-motivated undertakings. Through these new online religious activities, diaspora groups have been able to develop significant connections not only among people, but also between people and the sacred homeland itself.
},
	keywords = {electronic frontier, Online, Sacred, virtual communities},
	url = {http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue3/helland.html},
	author = {Helland, Christopher}
}
