Om-line Hinduism: World Wide Gods on the Web
Dawson and Hennebry have speculated that disembedded online phenomena could be linked to the use of religion as a cultural resource' (Beckford 1992, 2000, 2001) and that this is likely to result in (unspecified) consequences for the future form and function of religion' (Dawson and Henne...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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AASR
[2010]
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Australian religion studies review
Année: 2010, Volume: 23, Numéro: 3, Pages: 325-345 |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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Résumé: | Dawson and Hennebry have speculated that disembedded online phenomena could be linked to the use of religion as a cultural resource' (Beckford 1992, 2000, 2001) and that this is likely to result in (unspecified) consequences for the future form and function of religion' (Dawson and Hennebry 2004: 166). In this article I demonstrate that images of Hindu gods and goddesses on the World Wide Web are not generally indicative of the use of Hinduism as a cultural resource. Despite this, I argue that the presence of images of Hindu deities online is a significant development within popular Hinduism. I recognise that darshan, a form of worship which involves a devotee gazing into a deity's eyes in order to receive a blessing, is possible via a computer screen, but also reveal the limitations of this practice. I further argue though that online images are important because they have the potential to contribute to the universalisation of Hinduism. |
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ISSN: | 1744-9014 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Australian religion studies review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/arsr.v23i3.325 |