Online Rituals in Virtual Worlds. Christian Online Service between Dynamics and Stability.

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In the article ”Online Rituals in Virtual Worlds. Christian Online Services between Dynamics and Stability“ Nadja Miczek reflects on Christian ritual settings in two case studies analysing different Online Services: “Church of Fools” and “Second Life.” She thereby focuses on recent concepts of ritual theory, like Ritual Dynamics and Ritual Transfer and broaches the issues of invention, transformation and exclusion at different stages of ritual action.
Published in Volume 03.1 Being Virtually Real? Virtual Worlds from a Cultural Studies’ Perspective, ed. by Kerstin Radde-Antweiler
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https://doi.org/10.11588/rel.2008.1.392
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Article
Keywords:
Church of Fools, Ritual, Virtual Worlds, Online Religion, Internet
Language:
en
Academic discipline and sub-disciplines:
Religion
Published in Volume 03.1 Being Virtually Real? Virtual Worlds from a Cultural Studies’ Perspective, ed. by Kerstin Radde-Antweiler
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11588/rel.2008.1.392
URN