Table of Contents
Editor’s Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Jewish Cyber-Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. The Internet and Jewish Religious Practice . . . . 5
A. Sexual modesty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
B. The Internet and the Sabbath . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
C. e-commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
D. The sanctity of Internet communication . . . . 7
E. Political and social gossip on the Internet . . . 8
3. The Virtual Synagogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4. Online Rabbinic Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5. Conclusion: Future Prospects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Catholic Approaches to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . 14
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2. Internet and Evangelization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3. Ethical Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
A. The digital divide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
B. Community and the Internet:
Social networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4. Living with the Internet: Internet Literacy . . . . . 19
5. Pastoral Use of the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6. Critique of the Church’s Approach
to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Islam and Islamic Teaching Online . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Hinduism and the Internet:
A Selected Annotated Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Recommended Citation
Cohen, Yoel; McDonnell, Jim; and Soukup, Paul A. S.J.
(2012)
"Theological and Religious Perspectives on the Internet,"
Communication Research Trends: Vol. 31:
Iss.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol31/iss1/1