Reshaping Offline Community in the Image of Online Experience: The Impact of Digital Media on Church Conflict in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
As more and more people join social media networks, Christian churches struggle to discern how best to adapt to this emerging cultural phenomenon and employ it in ways that are consistent with Christian beliefs, values, and practices. This essay argues that as Christians explore the potential of dig...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
[2020]
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Ecclesial practices
Jahr: 2020, Band: 7, Heft: 1, Seiten: 48-66 |
| IxTheo Notationen: | KBQ Nordamerika KDE Anglikanische Kirche NCA Ethik RB Kirchliches Amt; Gemeinde RH Evangelisation; christliche Medien |
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Episcopalian
B Digital Media B Social media B church conflict B Anglican B Internet B Pittsburgh |
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| Zusammenfassung: | As more and more people join social media networks, Christian churches struggle to discern how best to adapt to this emerging cultural phenomenon and employ it in ways that are consistent with Christian beliefs, values, and practices. This essay argues that as Christians explore the potential of digital media, they should not neglect to also reflect deeply on the negative aspects of the medium, which are increasingly coming under scrutiny among social scientists and media analysts. We raise this concern in response to our discovery of the capacity of digital media to contribute to church conflict while we were engaged in ethnographic field research in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. The essay identifies ways in which digital media exacerbated tensions among Anglicans and Episcopalians in Pittsburgh and concludes with a reflection on the limitations of one of our online attempts to intervene in these dynamics. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-4471 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Ecclesial practices
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22144417-bja10004 |