La Religione Virtuale Tra Realtà E Illusione

After some introductory considerations on the digital revolution and its effects on real life, and a hypothesis on defining virtual religion, the contribution reconstructs the main phases that from the cyberreligion of the 1980s lead up to the current digital revolution. As some examples highlight,...

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Main Author: Filoramo, Giovanni (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Italian
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Published: Morcelliana [2020]
In: Hermeneutica
Year: 2020, Volume: 27, Pages: 9-26
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AZ New religious movements
CF Christianity and Science
RH Evangelization; Christian media
Further subjects:B Religion Online and Online Religion
B Digital Religion
B Virtual Reality
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Summary:After some introductory considerations on the digital revolution and its effects on real life, and a hypothesis on defining virtual religion, the contribution reconstructs the main phases that from the cyberreligion of the 1980s lead up to the current digital revolution. As some examples highlight, today the distinction between Religion Online and Online Religion appears increasingly overtaken by technological progress. In the new situation typical of digital religion, as demonstrated in particular by the example of online rites, the digital religious experience has its own reality and in its own way allows access to Transcendence.
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