eprintid: 11301
rev_number: 8
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/01/13/01
datestamp: 2010-11-24 14:45:33
lastmod: 2014-08-21 05:20:48
status_changed: 2012-08-15 08:56:20
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Zijderveld, Theo
title: The Transformation of the Prayer Wall
ispublished: pub
subjects: ddc-200
divisions: i-72050
keywords: Sinne , Internet , Christentum , Gebetsenses , internet , Christianity , prayer
cterms_swd: Ästhetik
cterms_swd: Wahrnehmung
cterms_swd: Religion
note: Special Issue on Aesthetics and the Dimensions of the Senses
abstract: My paper provides an analysis of online prayer, a phenomenon that takes place on several websites and online social networks. It aims to understand how online prayer manifests itself as a religious practice in a media age. In order to answer this research question, I will frame online prayer (1) as a ritualized action in a media context, (2) as part of online religious community.  On several websites and online communities, it is possible to post prayers. Thousands of people post their prayers on the evangelical website tangle.com. Others use email groups to send their prayers for intercession. Many prayers are addressed to God, but the fact that others can read and comment on those prayers plays a very significant role. Moreover, it is possible to add images and movies to the prayers. Online prayer shows how new forms of online religious communities are emerging.  In my paper, I will conduct an analysis of prayer websites as part of religion online.  This implies that religion online contains a certain media logic. Therefore, I will pay attention to the visual aspects, the technical possibilities and the limitations.  I will compare the several forms of online prayer on platforms like tangle.com and Twitter.
abstract_translated_lang: eng
date: 2010
date_type: published
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00011301
portal_cluster_id: p-relinternet
portal_order: 04.1
ppn_swb: 1650465440
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-113011
language: eng
bibsort: ZIJDERVELDTHETRANSFO2010
full_text_status: public
publication: Online - Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet
volume: 04.1
editors_name: Heidbrink, Simone
citation:   Zijderveld, Theo  (2010) The Transformation of the Prayer Wall.  Online - Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, 04.1.       
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/11301/1/07.pdf