Digital Orthodoxy in the Post-Soviet World: The Russian Orthodox Church and Web 2.0
This volume explores the relationship between new media and religion, focusing on the digital era's impact on the Russian Orthodox Church. A believer may now enter a virtual chapel, light a candle through drag-and-drop, send an online prayer request, or worship virtual icons and relics. In rece...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stuttgart
Columbia University Press
2004
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| In: | Year: 2004 |
| Series/Journal: | Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
/ Internet
/ Social media
/ Electronic discussion groups
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Computers--Religious aspects--Christianity |
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Print version: Suslov, Mikhail: Digital Orthodoxy in the Post-Soviet World : The Russian Orthodox Church and Web 2.0. - Stuttgart : Columbia University Press,c2004. - 9783838208817 |
| Summary: | This volume explores the relationship between new media and religion, focusing on the digital era's impact on the Russian Orthodox Church. A believer may now enter a virtual chapel, light a candle through drag-and-drop, send an online prayer request, or worship virtual icons and relics. In recent years, however, Church leaders and public figures have become increasingly skeptical about new media. The internet, some of them argue, breaches Russia's spiritual sovereignty" and implants values and ideas alien to Russian culture. This collection examines how Orthodox ecclesiology has been influenced by its new digital environment, such as the intersection of virtual religious life with religious experience in the real" church, the role of clerics on the Russian Web, and the transformation of the Orthodox notion of sobornost' (catholicity), asking whether and how Orthodox activity on the internet can be counted as authentic religious practice Acknowledgement -- Table of Content -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The church, the state, and Russian society -- Digital religions worldwide -- State-of-the-art -- An outline of the book -- References -- Chapter 1. The Medium for Demonic Energies: 'Digital Anxiety' in the Russian Orthodox Church -- Introduction -- Methodology -- The paradox of cyber-skepticism -- The doubling of the world: theological tradition and new media -- De-sacralization of the sacraments -- Anthropological threat -- Anonymity and pseudonymity -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2. Russia's Immoral Other: Moral Panics and the Antichrist on Russian Orthodox Websites -- Introduction -- Russian Antichrist: the immoral other becomes an empty signifier -- Moral panics and the Antichrist on Runet -- The Apocalypse, the Antichrist and eschatological fears -- Globalisation, electronic documents and the number of the Beast -- Pussy Riot, modern culture, and other moral dangers -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3. Wi-Fi in Plato's Cave: The Digital Icon and the Phenomenology of Surveillance -- Introduction -- The surveillance-mirror -- The acheiropoietos-icon as an imaginary image -- The surveillance-gaze -- The icon's gaze -- The digital icon -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4. The Body of Christ Online: The Russian Orthodox Church and (Non-)Liturgical Interactivity on the Internet -- Introduction -- 1. Digital religion and the Russian Orthodox Church -- 2. Object -- 3. Liturgical and non-liturgical interactivity -- 4. Bridging time and space -- 5. Vox populi and media theories -- 6. The ROC's online standards -- Case Studies -- 1. Websites for interactive discussions -- 2. Online challenge to gender conventions -- 3. 'Cybergrace' -- 4. Language as a medium -- Conclusion -- References Chapter 5. Heretical Virtual Movement in Russian Live Journal Blogs: Between Religion and Politics -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Vladimir's Gospel, or why one should not believe in God -- Golyshev's heterodoxy: a shift from theological to political definition -- Concepts of Church, sin and the role of the Scriptures in Golyshev's heterodoxy -- Golyshev's online heterodoxy and offline mixed religiosity -- The LJ heretical community as an online religious minority -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6. Between Homophobia and Gay Lobby: the Russian Orthodox Church and its Relationship to Homosexuality in Online Discussions -- Introduction -- Homosexuality in Russia: position of state and Church -- Lifting the veil: Gay scandals at the Kazan' seminary -- Quantifying online discourse -- Online discussions: сlose reading study -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7. Post-Secularity and Digital Anticlericalism on Runet -- Introduction -- Digital Anti-Clericalism: Anti-Church Internet Memes -- Anti-clerical demotivators -- Photoshopped images -- Anti-Clerical Communities on the Web and Anti-Clerical Stiob -- Scientific Atheism Sites and Ideologists of the Atheist and Anti-Clerical Runet -- The Response of the Church: Orthodox Demotivators -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8. Ortho-Media for Ortho-Women: In Search of Patterns of Piety -- Parish subculture before the advent of the internet -- Ortho-women's talks -- Looking for the lost tradition -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9. Holy Pixels: The Transformation of Eastern Orthodox Icons Through Digital Technology -- Introduction -- Defining 'the digital' -- Theology of iconography -- Commodification of holy materiality -- Aesthetics and the art of authenticity -- Iconographic transformation -- Paper icons and photographic relics -- Conclusion -- References Chapter 10. 'Ortho-Blogging' from Inside: A Virtual Roundtable -- Introduction -- Questions and Answers -- Commentary -- References -- Chapter 11. The Religious Identity of Russian Internet Users: Attitudes Towards God and Russian Orthodox Church -- Introduction -- Russian internet users' attitudes towards God and their religious identity -- Self-identity towards Orthodox Christianity and the Russian Orthodox Church -- Conclusion: the failure of public dialogue in religious identity perspective -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 3838268717 |