Product Description
How is the emerging Internet culture affecting Christian churches? How can churches influence the formation of the "virtual" world? Should we expect to find a new form of Christian faith evolving on the web, or simply to encounter a fresh means of experiencing Christian traditions? To what extent must churches resist tendencies present in the new media? Using both theoretical and practical approaches, the authors look at interactions between the churches and the Internet. They examine new information and communication technologies, and the philosophies -- secular and religious -- that accompany them; suggest ways in which Christian communities can realise the Internet's potential for supporting and strengthening the church's witness; and give examples of how websites may assist in the rediscovery of the gospel and inspire worship based in Christianity's unique vision of God's relationship to humanity.
About the Author
Jean-Nicolas Bazin works for the World Council of Churches as a specialist in new technologies. Jeroc;me Cottin works in the communication field for Meromedia and teaches in the religious studies and sacred arts faculties of the Catholic Institute of Paris.