Jesus in the eShop

A Christian Perspective on Power in the Digital World

Abstract

By starting out with Hannah Arendts concept of power this paper follows Anthony Giddens and his attempt to take up on Weber\'s and Parsons\' ideas. With the gained understanding of power the paper examines the relationship between power and digitalization. Especially the internet as an place of equal opportunity and asymmetric power is taken into account. The author then observes a threefold challenge to (Christian) religion by the power structures resulting from digital capitalism.