Creating Church Online - Ritual, Community and New Media

Informationen zum Autor Tim Hutchings is a postdoctoral researcher in the Institute for Media Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden. He is a sociologist of digital religion, and his research has included studies of online churches, digital Bibles, evangelism and pilgrimage. His current work focuses on death, grief and memory in digital environments, as part of the Existential Terrains research program (et.ims.su.se) funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation and Stockholm University. He is the editor of the Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture (jrmdc.com). Klappentext Creating Church Online constructs a rich ethnographic account of the diverse cultures of online churches, from virtual worlds to video streams. This book also outlines the history of online churchgoing, from its origins in the 1980s to the present day, and traces the major themes of academic and Christian debate around this topic. Zusammenfassung Creating Church Online constructs a rich ethnographic account of the diverse cultures of online churches, from virtual worlds to video streams. This book also outlines the history of online churchgoing, from its origins in the 1980s to the present day, and traces the major themes of academic and Christian debate around this topic. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Welcome to the Online Church 1 A Brief History of Cyberchurch 2 Making Sense of Online Churches 3 Methodology: How to Study an Online Church 4 Church of Fools 5 i-church 6 St Pixels 7 The Anglican Cathedral of Second Life 8 Church Online at LifeChurch.tv 9 Creating Church Online: Media Design and Media Logic 10 Being Church Online: Networks and Existential Terrains Conclusion: What Happened to the Online Church?

Product details

• Authors: Tim Hutchings, Hutchings Tim
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.04.2017
• EAN: 9780415536936
• ISBN: 978-0-415-53693-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Routledge Research in Religion, Media and Culture; Routledge Research in Religion, Media and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Internet; RELIGION / Christian Ministry / General, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Christianity, Christian leaders & leadership, Religious and spiritual figures, Internet: general works, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring, Christian ministry & pastoral activity, Religious ministry and clergy