TY - BOOK T1 - Religious Internet Communication. Facts, Trends and Experiences in the Catholic Church Y1 - 2010 A1 - Arasa, Daniel A1 - Cantoni, Lorenzo A1 - Ruiz, Lucio KW - Catholic KW - Church KW - Communication KW - internet PB - EDUSC CY - Rome (Italy) ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Open wall churches. Catholic construction of online communities JF - Prisma Social revista de investigación social Y1 - 2017 A1 - Bosch, M.D. A1 - Sanz, J.LM. A1 - Abello, J.M.C A1 - Sanchez, J.S.I A1 - Gauxachs, A.S KW - Catholic KW - churches KW - online communities AB - The discussion regarding how global Catholic organizations have employed the new tools of digital media has become increasingly poignant and no longer focuses on liturgical limitations but on participation, social justice and new frameworks for reaching new targets. From the Vatican itself, specifically through the Pope’s profiles on social media, Catholicism has proven to have an increasingly responsive presence on the web, although Catholics are usually creative without breaking the rules in the ways they extend their religiosity into new platforms. Newly born digital portals have embraced new participatory tools that shape other ways of understanding communion, which is a key concept among Christian communities. Rather than dwelling on whether Catholic portals are incorporating secular strategies to foster engagement, we explore the 19 most powerful Catholic websites according to Alexa ranking, and divide them into different categories that allow us to analyse how they build communities and thus foster the concept of belonging, which is one of the aims that they pursue. Data have been collected in three different moments (2014, 2015 and 2016) where these websites, belonging to 5 languages (Spanish, English, French, Portuguese and Italian) from 9 countries have been taken into account, according to Catholic population indexes. UR - https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=6234753 IS - 19 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Use of Internet Communication by Catholic Congregations: A Quantitative Study JF - Journal of Media and Religion Y1 - 2007 A1 - Cantoni, Lorenzo A1 - Zyga, Slawomir KW - Catholic KW - Communication KW - religion AB - This article presents a first attempt to measure the use of the internet by all 5,812 Catholic religious congregations and autonomous institutes worldwide (with 858,988 members). The research was conducted through a questionnaire sent by e-mail, hence first selecting those institutions which at least have an access to internet communication through an e-mail account (2,285: 39.3% of the total), receiving 437 responses (19.1% of the e-mail owners). The study shows great differences between centralized institutes and autonomous ones: the former ones make a higher use of the Internet than the latter ones; moreover, differences are also found among centralized institutes, namely between male and female ones. Two explanatory elements have been found, both depending on the own mission (charisma) of institutes: (1) first, the different approach to the external world: the institutes more devoted to contemplation and less active in the outside world make limited and basic use of the Internet, if any; (2) second, institutes whose aim is to assist poor and sick persons tend to use the internet less than the others, due to their different prioritization of resources. VL - 6 IS - 3 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - PICTURE: The Adoption of ICT by Catholic Priest T2 - Digital Religion, Social Media and Culture. Perspectives, Practices and Futures Y1 - 2012 A1 - Cantoni, L A1 - Rapetti, E A1 - Tardini, S A1 - Vannini, S A1 - Arasa, D KW - Catholic KW - ICT AB - This anthology - the first of its kind in eight years - collects some of the best and most current research and reflection on the complex interactions between religion and computer-mediated communication (CMC). The contributions cohere around the central question: how will core religious understandings of identity, community and authority shape and be (re)shaped by the communicative possibilities of Web 2.0? The authors gathered here address these questions in three distinct ways: through contemporary empirical research on how diverse traditions across the globe seek to take up the technologies and affordances of contemporary CMC; through investigations that place these contemporary developments in larger historical and theological contexts; and through careful reflection on the theoretical dimensions of research on religion and CMC. In their introductory and concluding essays, the editors uncover and articulate the larger intersections and patterns suggested by individual chapters, including trajectories for future research. JF - Digital Religion, Social Media and Culture. Perspectives, Practices and Futures PB - Peter Lang CY - New York UR - https://books.google.com/books/about/Digital_Religion_Social_Media_and_Cultur.html?id=I7GqtgAACAAJ U1 - Cheong, P. H., P. Fisher-Nielsen, S. Gelfren, and C. Ess ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Use of Internet Communication by Catholic Congregations: A Quantitative Study JF - Journal of Media and Religion Y1 - 2007 A1 - Cantoni, L A1 - Zyga, S KW - Catholic KW - Catholic religious congregations KW - Computer KW - congregations KW - Contemporary Religious Community KW - cyberspace KW - email KW - internet KW - internet communication through an e-mail account KW - Mass media KW - network KW - New Media and Society KW - new media engagement KW - New Technology and Society KW - online communication KW - Online community KW - religion KW - religion and internet KW - Religion and the Internet KW - religiosity KW - religious engagement KW - religious identity KW - Religious Internet Communication KW - Religious Internet Communities KW - sociability unbound KW - Sociology of religion KW - users’ participation KW - virtual community KW - virtual public sphere KW - “media research” KW - “religion online” KW - “religious media research” AB - This article presents a first attempt to measure the use of the internet by all 5,812 Catholic religious congregations and autonomous institutes worldwide (with 858,988 members). The research was conducted through a questionnaire sent by e-mail, hence first selecting those institutions which at least have an access to internet communication through an e-mail account (2,285: 39.3% of the total), receiving 437 responses (19.1% of the e-mail owners). The study shows great differences between centralized institutes and autonomous ones: the former ones make a higher use of the Internet than the latter ones; moreover, differences are also found among centralized institutes, namely between male and female ones. Two explanatory elements have been found, both depending on the own mission (charisma) of institutes: (1) first, the different approach to the external world: the institutes more devoted to contemplation and less active in the outside world make limited and basic use of the Internet, if any; (2) second, institutes whose aim is to assist poor and sick persons tend to use the internet less than the others, due to their different prioritization of resources. VL - 6 UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15348420701626797#.Uinxtsasim5 IS - 4 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Online Communication of the Catholic World Youth Days T2 - Reflecting on Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Y1 - 2012 A1 - Cantoni, L A1 - Stefania, M A1 - De Ascanis, S KW - Catholic KW - online communication KW - Youth AB - This paper aims to explore the ways in which religious tourism in India fosters religious tolerance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a conceptual apparatus derived from the basic structure of religious tourism comprising motivation, journey and destination, to understand various aspects of tolerance. Tolerance, with the implicit meaning of diversity and pluralism, is examined at two levels – intra-religion and inter-religion – using field investigations from three Hindu pilgrimage sites, namely, Vrindavan, Tuljapur, Shegaon and review of one Muslim site called Ajmer Sharif. These sites exhibit a range of combinations, sectarian traditions within Hindu and their interactions with others, including Muslims and foreigners. Findings – Each of the sites provides different sets of opportunities for the “others” to get exposed to religious and cultural aspects. It is found that tolerance within the Hindu sects and with non-Hindus from other religious faiths is a function of their engagement with cultural performances and participation in the religious tourism economy in a pilgrimage site. Originality/value – On a broader level, this paper argues that conceptualising tolerance within a social and cultural sphere helps in a better understanding of tolerance and identifying areas within religious tourism where it can be promoted. A conscious effort to promote tolerance through religious tourism will add value to religious tourism and help it thrive. JF - Reflecting on Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage PB - ATLAS CY - Arnhem UR - http://www.atlas-webshop.org/Reflecting-on-Religious-Tourism-and-Pilgrimage U1 - K. Griffin, R. Raj ER - TY - Generic T1 - Ethics in Internet Y1 - 2002 A1 - Pontifical Council For Social Communications KW - Catholic KW - Christianity KW - Communication KW - ethics KW - internet KW - media KW - Pontifical UR - www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/pccs/documents/rc_pccs_doc_20020228_ethics-internet_en.html ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Divine Online: Civic Organizing, Identity Building, and Internet Fluency Among Different Religious Groups JF - Journal of Media and Religion Y1 - 2011 A1 - Justin Farrell KW - Catholic KW - Catholic congregations KW - Catholics KW - Computer KW - Contemporary Religious Community KW - cyberspace KW - internet KW - Mass media KW - media and religion KW - network KW - New Media and Society KW - new media engagement KW - New Technology and Society KW - online communication KW - Online community KW - religion KW - religion and internet KW - Religion and the Internet KW - religiosity KW - religious engagement KW - religious identity KW - Religious Internet Communication KW - Religious Internet Communities KW - religious media research KW - sociability unbound KW - Sociology of religion KW - users’ participation KW - virtual community KW - virtual public sphere KW - “media research” KW - “online identity KW - “religion online” KW - “religious congregations” KW - “religious media research” AB - The number of religious congregations with Web sites nearly tripled from 1998–2006, and each year another 10,000 congregations launch a Web site (Chaves & Anderson, 2008). Couple this with the fact that 79% of attendees are now in a congregation with a Web site. Scholars of media and religion know very little, however, about the content of these Web sites or what they tell us about the culture of different religious groups. The aim of this article, therefore, is to examine how congregations are constructing Web sites to advertise their identity, organize their followers to get involved in civic and political issues, and provide an interactive space for online participation in actual ministries. Extensive qualitative data were gathered from 600 individual congregation Web sites from nine denominations in 53 different cities across the United States. The results of the descriptive analysis of these data suggest that there is a strong correlation between the “off-line” characteristics of a particular congregation and the “on-line” characteristics of the same congregation. Evangelical congregations tend to have more complex, attractive, and interactive Web sites and fall into the “online religion” camp. Liberal-Protestant and Catholic congregations tend to create static “brochure” style Web sites that emphasize their denominational identity and thus fall into Hadden and Cowan's (2000) “religion online” camp. This study expands our theoretical knowledge about the proliferation of media into, and out of, religious congregations, and offers a broader understanding about how institutions negotiate their online identity in the digital age. [Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of the Journal of Media and Religion for the following free supplemental resource: Appendix II: Web Site Screen Shots.] VL - 10 UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15348423.2011.572438#.Uin0bMasim4 IS - 2 ER - TY - CHAP T1 - What Scripture Tells me: Spontaneity and Regulation within the Catholic Charismatic Renewal T2 - Lived Religion in America: Toward a History of Practice Y1 - 1997 A1 - Hervieu-Leger, D KW - Catholic KW - Charismatic Renewal KW - Christianity KW - Lived religion KW - religious participation JF - Lived Religion in America: Toward a History of Practice PB - Princeton University Press UR - http://books.google.com/books/about/Lived_Religion_in_America.html?id=IIk8WWy2kGsC U1 - David D. Hall ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Catholic, protestant and holistic spiritual appropriations of the internet JF - Information, Communication & Society Y1 - 2011 A1 - Noomen, I A1 - Aupers, S A1 - Houtman, D KW - Catholic KW - internet KW - Protestant KW - religion KW - spiritual AB - This article relies on in-depth qualitative interviews with 21 web designers, active in the fields of Catholicism, Protestantism and holistic spirituality in the Netherlands, to study religious appropriations of the Internet. The authors found that these different religious groups embraced the medium of the Internet motivated by a common desire to make oneself heard in the cacophony of voices that has resulted from processes of secularization and religious change. In doing so, Catholic web designers struggle with the dilemma of either following Roman orthodoxy or creating room for dialogue and diversity, whereas their Protestant counterparts feel forced to either let a thousand flowers bloom or surrender to a highly compromised image of their faith. Holistic spirituality, finally, struggles with neither of these problems and appropriates the Internet as its virtually natural habitat for sharing and connecting. The authors conclude that, consistent with theories about cultured technology and spiritualizing of the Internet, offline religious heritages matter a lot when religions seek to appropriate the Internet through web design. These appropriations tend not to be smooth transpositions of coherent and conflict-free offline religious heritages to online environments, however, but conflict-ridden processes stirring long-standing struggles over authority and identity. VL - 14 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369118X.2011.597415 IS - 8 ER -