Cyberhenge - Modern Pagans on the Internet

Informationen zum Autor Douglas E. Cowan is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Sociology at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is author of The Remnant Spirit: Conservative Reform in Mainline Protestantism and Bearing False Witness: An Introduction to the Christian Countercult . He is coeditor, with Lorne L. Dawson, of Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet , also published by Routledge. Zusammenfassung Cyberhenge examines the use of Internet technology in shaping religious traditions and rituals. Cowan asks how and why Neopaganism has embraced the Internet in such an innovative and imaginative way. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Modern Pagan Internet 2. The Road to Cyberhenge 3. The Mists of Cyberhenge 4. Online Solataries and Cybercovens 5. Among the Stones of Cyberhenge 6. Coming Out of the Online Broomcloset 7. (In)Conclusion Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Douglas E. Cowan, Cowan Douglas E.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.10.2004
• EAN: 9780415969116
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96911-6
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations, RELIGION / Cults, Religion: general, Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems, Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems