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Religion and the Internet
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Humanities.
2022 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 80 credits / 120 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The relationship between religion and new technologies and especially with the rapid growth of the internet has gained an increasing importance in our era. In an era that has passed from the industrial revolution to the information age.A growing number of religious web developers have recognized the impact that may have this “product” to the so-called “religious Seekers”, a new group of “religious information consumers”, who may not belong to a certain state/official religion, but they feel unsatisfied with their current relationship with their religion; and they attempt to seek in cyberspace new religious beliefs, a new system of values and faith.These people could be agnostics, atheists or people who are just interested in religiosity and they find this topic very appealing to them, especially in its online/web-based applications. This group of people is an interesting research topic to me and this is the reason why this project is dealing with this subject.The use of internet or the use of virtual reality in religion is considered relatively a new field of research that is under continuous evolution and development. Therefore, what forms of religion we can find in the internet? How different religious groups are appeared in the virtual environment? These questions are attempted to be answered in this thesis.

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2022. , p. 60
Keywords [en]
Religious communities, Religion Online, Online Religion
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Humanities and the Arts
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-38148OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-38148DiVA, id: diva2:1644579
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Religious studies
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Master Programme in Religious Studies
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Available from: 2022-03-15 Created: 2022-03-14 Last updated: 2022-03-15Bibliographically approved

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