RT Article
T1 Virtual Reality Church as a New Mission Frontier in the Metaverse: Exploring Theological Controversies and Missional Potential of Virtual Reality Church
JF Transformation
VO 37
IS 4
SP 297
OP 305
A1 Jun, Guichun
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1741690420
AB The combination of COVID-19 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution has brought an unprecedented new normal, which has affected all aspects of human life, including religious activities. As a consequence, church mission and different ministries have found themselves more dependent on media. Furthermore, the convergent digital technology continually develops augmented reality and virtual reality, in which churches are planted and continue to carry out their mission and ministries. Although virtual reality churches are new mission frontiers in the digital age, there are several theological issues from the conventional perspective of church ministry and mission. This paper aims to address the controversial theological issues and reflect on them from an ecclesiological perspective to explore a theological possibility to overcome the issues and to justify their mission and ministries in virtual reality.
K1 Cybersociality and future church
K1 Future mission of the church in the digital age
K1 Ecclesiastical practices of virtual reality church
K1 Ecclesial nature of virtual reality church
K1 Church’s mission in the metaverse
K1 Virtual reality church
K1 Mission for digital natives
K1 Church and media
K1 Church 4.0
DO 10.1177/0265378820963155