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Authority and liquid religion in cyber-space: The new territories of religious communication
Possamai, Adam Turner, Bryan
Possamai, Adam
Turner, Bryan
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This article considers three case studies of forms of authority within new cyber-territories. We first deal with the example of a traditional religion, Islam, by exploring new social issues that this religious system encounters in cyber-space. Second, we turn to a social movement that is by definition less traditional and less established, namely neo-paganism; and finally, we examine the new phenomenon of hyper-real religion (Possamai 2005b, 2012) to discover whether, even in free-floating religions where in principle everything is permitted and where the individual has full autonomy to decide on the specific constructions of his/her religion, forms of authority and social/religious distinctions are paradoxically present.
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2014
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International Social Science Journal
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63
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209-210
Page Range
197-206
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Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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