| Description |
1 online resource (287 pages) |
| Series |
Media, Religion and Culture |
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Religion, media, and culture series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction -- Digital Dharma: Authenticity, cybernetic entanglement, and silent spiritual media practices; Method -- Empty your cup: Exploring conventional ethnography in a virtual world; PART I; 1 Second Life: Your world, your imagination; 2 Awake online: Understanding Second Life's Zen path of practice; PART II; 3 Groups: Relationships, cloud sanghas, and a cybernetic management style; 4 People: Buddhist robes, cyborgs, and the gendered self-fashioning of a mindful resident |
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5 Place: Cosmologicalization, spiritual role play, and a third place zendo6 Event: Online silent meditation, virtual cushions, and the cybernetic steersman; Conclusion -- Mind the gap: Screens, ontologies, and the far shore; Appendix 1 -- Cyber Zen's theoretical tool box; Appendix 2 -- Second Life terms; Appendix 3 -- Buddhist technical terms; Bibliography; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317293255 |
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1317293258 |
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