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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Brenda E Brasher |
ISBN: | 078794579X 9780787945794 |
OCLC Number: | 44934091 |
Description: | xii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | A Revolution in the Making: Spiritual Wonder Goes Online -- The Ultimate Diaspora: Religion in the Perpetual Present of Cyberspace -- A Taste of Forever: Cyberspace as Sacred Time -- Cyber-Seekers: Stories of Virtual Pilgrimage -- Cyber-Virtue and Cyber-Vice -- Virtual Shrines and the Cult of Celebrity -- Existential Doubt, or Does a Cyborg Have a Soul? -- Virtual Prophets, Instant Global Access, and the Apocalypse -- Epilogue: Seeing a Flame There: Religion and the Future of Cyberspace. |
Responsibility: | Brenda E. Brasher. |
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Abstract:
An exploration of online religion, from virtual monks to millennial fever to spiritual cyborgs, and the profound influence that cybermedia exerts on our concept of God, way of worshipping, and practice of faith.
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"Brasher's book...bravely tackles a momentous new topic, and will be consulted by the many scholars who follow her cookie trail." (Publisher's Weekly) "delightful romp through the new world of cyber-spirituality" (The Washington Post, Sunday, June 10, 2001) "...lots of fascinating insights here..." (Christian Herald, 29 September, 2001) "...Brasher's analysis is bold, arresting, hip and approaching." (Catholic Herald 28 December 2001) Read more...
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