1st Edition
Online Catholic Communities Community, Authority, and Religious Individualization
By Marta Kołodziejska
Copyright 2018
154 Pages
by
Routledge
154 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
154 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The Catholic Church has been moving into a new phase, one where its congregation can choose to meet and practice elements of their own version of their faith on online forums. This new form of congregating allows for an individualised faith to manifest itself outside of the usual church authority structures. Online Catholic Communities provides insight into how religious and non-religious... Read more
Introduction 1 Understanding the relationship between religious individualisation, community, and authority online 2 Online communities as a process 3 Formation of religious authority 4 Symbolic boundaries of online communities The permanence of community? Concluding remarks
Biography
Marta Kołodziejska is a researcher at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland.
