Table of Contents
Religion and the Internet
1. Introduction: Framing the Study of Religion
and the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. History of Religious Use of the Internet . . . . . . . 4
3. Forms of Religion Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A. Gathering Religious Information Online . . . . 5
B. Online Worship and Rituals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
C. Online Recruitment and Missionary
Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
D. Online Religious Community . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Survey of Research on Religion and
the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Common Themes of Religion Online Research . 9
A. Theology/Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
B. Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
C. Morality/Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
D. Practical/Ministry Applications . . . . . . . . . . . 11
E. Religious Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
F. Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
G. Identity (by Mia Lövheim) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
H. Authority/Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
I. Ritual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6. State of the Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Editor’s Afterword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Web sites cited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Other useful web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Recommended Citation
Campbell, Heidi
(2006)
"Religion and the Internet,"
Communication Research Trends: Vol. 25:
No.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol25/iss1/1
