TY - CHAP T1 - A symbolic universe. Information terrorism and new religions in cyberspace T2 - Religion and Cyberspace Y1 - 2005 A1 - Introvingne, Massimo AB - 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.
Religion and Cyberspace explores how religious individuals and groups are responding to the opportunities and challenges that cyberspace brings. It asks how religious experience is generated and enacted online, and how faith is shaped by factors such as limitless choice, lack of religious authority, and the conflict between recognised and non-recognised forms of worship. Combining case studies with the latest theory, its twelve chapters examine topics including the history of online worship, virtuality versus reality in cyberspace, religious conflict in digital contexts, and the construction of religious identity online. Focusing on key themes in this groundbreaking area, it is an ideal introduction to the fascinating questions that religion on the Internet presents. JF - Religion and Cyberspace PB - Routledge CY - London UR - http://books.google.com/books?id=KxSmkuySB28C&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=A+symbolic+universe.+Information+terrorism+and+new+religions+in+cyberspace&source=bl&ots=0g7s_vZDjJ&sig=Vq5Q0EyKiK4h1OPdqI5QlpOHaeI&hl=en&ei=_mG8Tp7CMeHK2AW1nOG0BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct= U1 - Morten Hojsgaard, Margrit Warburg ER - TY - CHAP T1 - So Many Evil Things: Anti-Cult Terrorism via the Internet T2 - Religion on the Internet: Research prospects and promises Y1 - 2000 A1 - Introvingne, Massimo AB - Religion on the Internet is the first systematic inquiry into the nature, scope and content of religion in cyberspace. Contributors to this volume include leading social scientists engaged in systematic studies of how organizations and individuals are presenting religion on the Internet. Their combined efforts provide a conceptual mapping of religion in cyberspace at this moment. The individual papers and collective insights found in this volume add up to a valuable agenda of research that will enrich understanding of this new phenomenon. Among the contributors are the founders of three of the most important scholarly religion web sites on the Internet: American Religion Data Archive, Religious Tolerance, and Religious Movements Homepage.
Religion and the Internet is essential reading for all who seek to understand how religion is being presented on the Internet and how this topic is likely to unfold in the years ahead. JF - Religion on the Internet: Research prospects and promises PB - JAI Press CY - New York UR - http://books.google.com/books/about/Religion_on_the_Internet.html?id=xXVgQgAACAAJ U1 - J. K. Hadden, D. E. Cowan ER -