Rituals and Pixels. Experiments in Online Church.

Jenkins, Simon

In: Radde-Antweiler, Kerstin (Hrsg.): Online – Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet: Vol. 03.1 Being Virtually Real? Virtual Worlds from a Cultural Studies’ Perspective, (2008),

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Abstract

Simon Jenkins, the founder of the famous “Church of Fools”, writes about his experiences of turning Christian rituals into virtual reality. In his article “Rituals and Pixels. Experiments in Online Church” he describes from an emic perspective the beginnings and the formation of the ”Church of Fools” as an experiment of a 3D-Faith-Environment, its development and his latest project, “St Pixels

Item Type:	Article
Editors:	Radde-Antweiler, Kerstin
Journal or Publication Title:	Online – Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet: Vol. 03.1 Being Virtually Real? Virtual Worlds from a Cultural Studies’ Perspective
Date Deposited:	18 Mar 2008 11:33
Date:	2008
Faculties / Institutes:	Philosophische Fakultät > Institut für Religionswissenschaft
Subjects:	200 Religion
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ritual , Virtuelle Welten , Online Religion , Internet , Church of FoolsRitual , Virtual Worlds , Online Religion , Internet , Church of Fools