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27 - Digital Religion

from Part III - Activities in Cyber Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2024

By
Adam Bajan  and
Heidi A. Campbell
Edited by
Zheng Yan
Zheng Yan
Affiliation:
University at Albany, State University of New York
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Summary

1 Introduction

2 Digital Religion: History and Context

3 Digital Religious Practice as Contemporary Lived Religion

4 Challenges of Digital Religion to Offline Religious Practice

 4.1 Shifts in Religious Authority Online and Offline

 4.2 Digital Ritual: Transforming Traditional Religious Practice

5 Religious Community in the Digital Age

6 Future Developments in Digital Religion

Keywords

digital religionreligious communityreligion onlineonline religionlived religionauthorityritualChristianJewishMuslim
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cyber Behavior , pp. 791 - 806
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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