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The Church of Fools: Virtual Ritual and Material Faith.

Kluver, Randy ; Chen, Yanli

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

In their article “The Church of Fools: Virtual Ritual and Material Faith” Randy Kluver and Yanli Chen look to investigate the nature of the spiritual world created by the Church of Fools “from the other side” and explore the relevance of that world for the traditional conceptions of Christian spirituality. They explore the relevance of that world both to the traditional conceptions of Christian spirituality, as well as the way in which the attempt to bring traditional Christianity into cyberspace pays homage to the new world driven largely by the Internet. In an investigation into the “Church of Fools” experience, in which they examine the virtual reality portal provided as well as interviewing “Church of Fools” participants, Kluver and Chen focuse on the way in which the “Church of Fools” combines a material sense of spirituality with the Virtual World created online.

Document type: Article
Editor: 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 11:37
Date: 2008
Faculties / Institutes: Philosophische Fakultät > Institut für Religionswissenschaft
DDC-classification: 200 Religion
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ritual , Virtuelle Welten , Online Religion , Internet , Church of FoolsRitual , Virtual Worlds , Online Religion , Internet , Church of Fools
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