Seeking the Sacred Online: Internet and the Individualization of Religious Life in Quebec
Keywords:
Internet, religion, sociality, religious individualizationAbstract
Research I am conducting with colleagues on religion
in Quebec today shows three main types of Internet use for re
ligious purposes: (1) for building and maintaining contacts with
other congregations and individuals within the same religious
orientation on local and international levels; (2) for governance
of religious groups at a distance; (3) accessing spiritual/reli
gious resources (prayers, sermons, rituals). This technology
can be used to reinforce transnational religious governance.
At the same time, it contributes bo the individualization of re
ligious life. I suggest that the findings of our team shed new
light on religious individualization; that is, rather than implying
superficial religiosity per se, individualization involves agency
and self-responsibility for religious actors.
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