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1 online resource (163 pages) |
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Liturgy, Worship and Society Series |
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Liturgy, worship, and society.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 The why, how, and what of studying liturgical practices in digital worlds; Why study liturgical practices that are digitally mediated?; Digital "signs of the times"; Practicing faith in digital worlds; New questions and challenges from being @ worship; How to study liturgical practices that are digitally mediated; The digital turn; The larger context: liturgy -- culture -- media technologies; The turn to "lived religion"; Interpretive strategies; What practices to study?; 2 Virtual bodies, digital presence, and online participation |
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Can virtual bodies be @ worship?Online-virtual versus offline-real?; Virtual as dis-embodied?; Natural, material, digital; Active participation in digital space?; Looking back, into liturgy's past; Facing digital dangers; 3 Ecclesial communities @ worship; Real virtual communities at prayer; Community online and broader transformations of sociality; Gathering for worship in cyberspace: simultaneity without spatial proximity; Visual witnesses: ecclesial communion beyond spatial proximity; The Chiarito Tabernacle; The Communion of Saints tapestries in the Cathedral of Los Angeles |
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What makes church?Liturgical authorities in cyberspace; 4 Virtual "stuff": Materiality -- visuality -- soundscapes; The material culture of Catholic worship; Re-mediating liturgy's signs in a world of pixels; Digital visual matter: the new virtual as the old familiar; Example 1: practices of confession in the digital age; Contemporary cultural choreographies; Catholic practices: ritual, visual, and sonic; Example 2: digital soundscapes of prayer and devotion; 5 Sacramental bits and bytes; A quest for questions; Telling stories; On media, mediation, and sacraments |
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Eucharistic practices in digital mediationMissal apps; Mass on the web; Eucharistic Adoration online; "Online communion"?; Experiments in theological reflection; Glimpses of past eucharistic struggles; Baptizing in digital mediation?; Glimpses of Catholic baptismal practices; Finding questions (rather than answers); Concluding thoughts; 6 The digital present and the future of worship; Key features of being @ worship; An expanded liturgical repertoire; Continuities and innovation; Non-local sacred space and multi-sites; Beyond "linear" liturgy; Portable, mobile, open access worship |
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Formations of liturgical subjectivity in the digital ageLiturgical practices and the practice of liturgical studies; On seeking God, among pixels; The spirit as "digit"; Resourcing the digital future by looking to the pre-digital past, one last time; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"A host of both very old and entirely new liturgical practices have arisen in digital mediation, from the live-streaming of worship services and "pray-as-you-go" apps, to digital prayer chapels, virtual choirs and online pilgrimages. Cyberspace now even hosts communities of faith that exist entirely online. These digitally mediated liturgical practices raise challenging questions: Are worshippers in an online chapel really a community at prayer? Do avatars that receive digital bread and wine receive communion? @ Worship proposes a nuanced response to these sometimes contentious issues, rooted in familiarity with, and sustained attention to, actual online practices. Four major thematic lines of inquiry form the structure of the book. After an introductory chapter the following chapters look at digital presence, virtual bodies, and online participation; ecclesial communities in cyberspace; digital materiality, visuality, and soundscapes; and finally the issues of sacramental mediation online. A concluding chapter brings together the insights from the previous chapters and maps a way forward for reflections on digitally mediated liturgical practices. @ Worship is the first monograph dedicated to exploring online liturgical practices that have emerged since the introduction of Web 2.0. Bringing together the scholarly tools and insights of liturgical studies, constructive theology and digital media theories, it is vital reading for scholars of Theology and Religion with as well as Sociology and Digital Culture more generally."--Provided by publisher |
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Print version record |
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Liturgical adaptation.
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Virtual reality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Cyberspace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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RELIGION -- Religion & Science.
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RELIGION -- Christian Church -- General.
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Virtual reality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Cyberspace -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Liturgical adaptation
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351670630 |
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1351670638 |
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