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1 online resource (353 pages) |
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Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society |
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Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society.
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| Contents |
880-01 Acknowledgement; Table of Content; Foreword; Introduction; The church, the state, and Russian society; Digital religions worldwide; State-of-the-art; An outline of the book; References; Chapter 1. The Medium for Demonic Energies: 'Digital Anxiety' in the Russian Orthodox Church; Introduction; Methodology; The paradox of cyber-skepticism; The doubling of the world: theological tradition and new media; De-sacralization of the sacraments; Anthropological threat; Anonymity and pseudonymity; Conclusions; References |
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880-01/(N Chapter 6. Between Homophobia and Gay Lobby: the Russian Orthodox Church and its Relationship to Homosexuality in Online DiscussionsIntroduction; Homosexuality in Russia: position of state and Church; Lifting the veil: Gay scandals at the Kazan' seminary; Quantifying online discourse; Online discussions: сlose reading study; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7. Post-Secularity and Digital Anticlericalism on Runet; Introduction; Digital Anti-Clericalism: Anti-Church Internet Memes; Anti-clerical demotivators; Photoshopped images; Anti-Clerical Communities on the Web and Anti-Clerical Stiob |
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Chapter 2. Russia's Immoral Other: Moral Panics and the Antichrist on Russian Orthodox WebsitesIntroduction; Russian Antichrist: the immoral other becomes an empty signifier; Moral panics and the Antichrist on Runet; The Apocalypse, the Antichrist and eschatological fears; Globalisation, electronic documents and the number of the Beast; Pussy Riot, modern culture, and other moral dangers; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Wi-Fi in Plato's Cave: The Digital Icon and the Phenomenology of Surveillance; Introduction; The surveillance-mirror; The acheiropoietos-icon as an imaginary image |
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The surveillance-gazeThe icon's gaze; The digital icon; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. The Body of Christ Online: The Russian Orthodox Church and (Non- )Liturgical Interactivity on the Internet; Introduction; 1. Digital religion and the Russian Orthodox Church; 2. Object; 3. Liturgical and non-liturgical interactivity; 4. Bridging time and space; 5. Vox populi and media theories; 6. The ROC's online standards; Case Studies; 1. Websites for interactive discussions; 2. Online challenge to gender conventions; 3. 'Cybergrace'; 4. Language as a medium; Conclusion; References |
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Chapter 5. Heretical Virtual Movement in Russian Live Journal Blogs: Between Religion and PoliticsIntroduction; Methodology; Vladimir's Gospel, or why one should not believe in God; Golyshev's heterodoxy: a shift from theological to political definition; Concepts of Church, sin and the role of the Scriptures in Golyshev's heterodoxy; Golyshev's online heterodoxy and offline mixed religiosity; The LJ heretical community as an online religious minority; Conclusion; References |
| Summary |
This volume explores the relationship between new media and religion, focusing on the digital era's impact on the Russian Orthodox Church. A believer may now enter a virtual chapel, light a candle through drag-and-drop, send an online prayer request, or worship virtual icons and relics. In recent years, however, Church leaders and public figures have become increasingly skeptical about new media. The internet, some of them argue, breaches Russia's spiritual sovereignty" and implants values and ideas alien to Russian culture. This collection examines how Orthodox ecclesiology has been influenc |
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Scientific Atheism Sites and Ideologists of the Atheist and Anti-Clerical Runet |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Computers -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Orthodox.
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Computers -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783838268712 |
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3838268717 |
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