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Digital Orthodoxy in the Post-Soviet World: The Russian Orthodox Church and Web 2.0

Digital Orthodoxy in the Post-Soviet World: The Russian Orthodox Church and Web 2.0

Suslov, Mikhail

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Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

General ChristianityGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 3838208811
ISBN13: 9783838208817
Publisher: Ibidem Pr
Published: Aug 16 2016
Pages: 350
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
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 influenced by its new digital environment, such as the intersection of virtual religious life with religious experience in the real church, the role of clerics on the Russian Web, and the transformation of the Orthodox notion of sobornost' (catholicity), asking whether and how Orthodox activity on the internet can be counted as authentic religious practice.

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