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UNINA9910481050903321 |
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Howard Robert Glenn |
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Digital Jesus : The Making of a New Christian Fundamentalist Community on the Internet / / Robert Glenn Howard |
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New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2011] |
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©2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-8147-7309-5 |
0-8147-9074-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Collana |
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North American Religions ; ; 5 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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End of the world |
Fundamentalism |
Internet - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. 9/11 at the Bible Prophecy Corner: -- 3. Networking the Apocalypse -- 4 The Millennial Web, 1996 to 2000 -- 5. The End Times in Participatory Media -- 6. Toward a Truer Charity -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the 1990's, Marilyn Agee developed one of the most well-known amateur evangelical websites focused on the “End Times”, The Bible Prophecy Corner. Around the same time, Lambert Dolphin, a retired Stanford physicist, started the website Lambert’s Library to discuss with others online how to experience the divine. While Marilyn and Lambert did not initially correspond directly, they have shared several correspondents in common. Even as early as 1999 it was clear that they were members of the same online network of Christians, a virtual church built around those who embraced a common ideology. Digital Jesus documents how such like-minded individuals created a large web of religious communication on the Internet, in essence developing a new type of new religious movement—one without a central leader or institution. Based on over a decade of interaction with figures both |
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