Cyber Worship in Multifaith Perspectives
Mohamed Taher

List Price: $49.50 ISBN: 0-8108-5257-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5257-0 Pub Date: Aug 2006 344 pages Binding: Paper Availability: In Stock   European customers click here

SUBJECTS
Religion » Religion (General)
Health & Science

REVIEWS
"...provides the most comprehensive "map" to religion on the Internet. " —vol. 38 (2007) , ARBA

DESCRIPTION
Cyber Worship in Multifaith Perspectives, as is implied by its name, explores worship (i.e., Prayer, Praise, Scripture, Sacrament, Rituals, Confessions, Eucharist, Rites, Pilgrimages, Reflection, Contemplation, etc.) on the Internet. It is not an "everything you need to know" guide about the subjects of faith and belief, religions-online, religions on the Net, or religions in cyberspace. Rather, it is a book about religious and spiritual experience under the rubric, cyber worship, which is the variety of ways religious devotion is performed and carried out on the Internet. The term 'Cyber Worship' is a catchall phrase, which includes variants such as online worship, virtual worship, electronic prayer, cyber puja, cyber synagogue, and so on. Dr. Mohamed Taher has thus assembled a quick reference for two groups: those communities that are involved in Cyber Worship and business Webs that collaborate in sustaining wired environments. As such, this book provides an interesting and current perspective on a practice that will continue to grow in the future.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Mohamed Taher is an information professional and a former Fulbright alumnus of Rutgers University. At present he serves as Information Specialist, Ontario Multifaith Council on Spiritual and Religious Care, Toronto.

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