Virtual Reality Church as a New Mission Frontier in the Metaverse: Exploring Theological Controversies and Missional Potential of Virtual Reality Church

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...

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Autore principale: Jun, Guichun (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Sage 2020
In: Transformation
Anno: 2020, Volume: 37, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: 297-305
Notazioni IxTheo:KAJ Età contemporanea
NBN Ecclesiologia
RJ Missione
ZG Scienza dei media; Digitalità; Scienza della comunicazione
Altre parole chiave:B Mission for digital natives
B Church 4.0
B Cybersociality and future church
B Ecclesial nature of virtual reality church
B Church and media
B Virtual reality church
B Church’s mission in the metaverse
B Ecclesiastical practices of virtual reality church
B Future mission of the church in the digital age
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Riepilogo: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.
ISSN:1759-8931
Comprende:Enthalten in: Transformation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0265378820963155