Russian Orthodox Clergy and Laity Challenging Institutional Religious Authority Online: The Case of Ahilla.ru

With the rise of new computer technologies, scholars of religion and media came to raise questions of how digital communication affects institutional forms of authority. In the digital realm, a number of alternative platforms emerged that empower religious communities to partake in the production of...

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Main Author: Staehle, Hanna (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum [2020]
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 3
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ahilla.ru / Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche / Church criticism
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
CH Christianity and Society
KBK Europe (East)
KDF Orthodox Church
Further subjects:B Ahilla.ru
B religious authority
B Russian Orthodox Church
B Moscow Patriarchate
B Patriarch Kirill
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