SOCIAL MEDIA AND SPIRITUALITY: THE CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
Christianityatoneendisareligionandatthesametimeitisalife-longprocess,whichevolvesroundorganizedbeliefs,ritualpracticesandtraditions.Ontheotherend,spiritualityisconcernedwithhavingasenseofgreaterpurpose,beyondhumantraditions.Itismoreofaconnectiontothedivineorcelestialrealm.Spiritualityisanindividuali...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Mayanjuola Publ
2021
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Religions' educator
Jahr: 2021, Band: 20, Heft: 1, Seiten: 225-231 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Christian Spirituality andSocial media
B Spirituality |
| Zusammenfassung: | Christianityatoneendisareligionandatthesametimeitisalife-longprocess,whichevolvesroundorganizedbeliefs,ritualpracticesandtraditions.Ontheotherend,spiritualityisconcernedwithhavingasenseofgreaterpurpose,beyondhumantraditions.Itismoreofaconnectiontothedivineorcelestialrealm.Spiritualityisanindividualisticjourney.Itcouldberegardedalaissezfairebusiness.Insimplewords,onecouldbespiritualbutnotreligious.However,studieshaveshownthathumansdoexperiencespiritualshifts.Theseareasresultofcausalfactorthroughtheprocessofaccommodation,socializationandinteractions.Oneofthemajormeansoftheseprocessesisthesocialmedia.Thesocialmediaisaneyeopenertotheglobalworld,awindowtofacilitateglobalexposureandblend.Asaresultoftheexposure,thesocialmediahasimmenselyaffectedourspirituality.Theeffectsofsocialmediahasbeenofpositiveandnegative,hence,thepaperexaminestheeffectsofsocialmediaonspiritualityfromtheChristianperspective.Thepaperdiscussedthepositiveandnegativeeffectsofsocialmediaonspirituality.Itincludedthedifferencesbetweenreligionandspiritualityandsomerecommendationsweremade. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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