TY - CHAP T1 - Contested Spaces: Movement, Countermovement and E-Space Propaganda T2 - Religion Online. Finding Faith on the Internet Y1 - 2004 A1 - Cowan, Douglas KW - movement KW - online space KW - propaganda AB - 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 Onlineprovides 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 thePew Internet and American Life ProjectExecutiveSummary, the most comprehensive and widely cited study on how Americans pursue religion online, and Steven O'Leary's field-definingCyberspace as SacredSpace. JF - Religion Online. Finding Faith on the Internet PB - Routledge CY - New York UR - http://books.google.com/books?id=xy0PJrrWXH4C&dq=Contested+Spaces:+Movement,+Countermovement+and+E-Space+Propaganda&source=gbs_navlinks_s U1 - L. Dawson and D. Cowan, ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Cyberhenge: Modern Pagans on the Internet Y1 - 2005 A1 - Cowan, Douglas KW - comparative religion KW - cults KW - cyberspace KW - internet KW - neopaganism KW - religious aspects AB - InCyberhenge, Douglas E. Cowan brings together two fascinating and virtually unavoidable phenomena of contemporary life--the Internet and the new religious movement of Neopaganism. For growing numbers of Neopagans-Wiccans, Druids, Goddess-worshippers, and others--the Internet provides an environment alive with possibilities for invention, innovation, and imagination. From angel channeling, biorhythms, and numerology to e-covens and cybergroves where neophytes can learn everything from the Wiccan Rede to spellworking, Cowan illuminates how and why Neopaganism is using Internet technology in fascinating new ways as a platform for invention of new religious traditions and the imaginative performance of ritual. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of new religious movements, and for anyone interested in the intersections of technology and faith. PB - Routledge CY - New York UR - http://books.google.com/books?id=dE8vh7i80-IC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ER -