{"product_id":"creating-church-online-tim-hutchings-9780367333454","title":"Creating Church Online: Ritual, Community and New Media","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnline churches are internet-based Christian communities, pursuing worship, discussion, friendship, support, proselytization, and other key religious goals through computer-mediated communication. Hundreds of thousands of people are now involved with online congregations, generating new kinds of ritual, leadership, and community and new networks of global influence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreating Church Online constructs a rich ethnographic account of the diverse cultures of online churches, from virtual worlds to video streams. This book also outlines the history of online churchgoing, from its origins in the 1980s to the present day, and traces the major themes of academic and Christian debate around this topic. Applying some of the leading current theories in the study of religion, media and culture to this data, Tim Hutchings proposes a new model of religious design in contexts of mediatization, and draws attention to digital networks, transformative third spaces and terrains of existential vulnerability. \u003ci\u003eCreating Church Online\u003c\/i\u003e advances our understanding of the significance and impact of digital media in the religious and social lives of its users, in search of new theoretical frameworks for digital religion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Hutchings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367333457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367333454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Tim Hutchings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919595995391,"sku":"9780367333454","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_aa174316-8462-40cf-8d0a-ef23877d64b4.jpg?v=1680810266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creating-church-online-tim-hutchings-9780367333454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}