Theological insight of digital religion

Zaluchu, Sonny Eli (author)

This research aims to analyse the emergence of digital religion from its historical root, to formulate its definition, and finally build the theological construction on how religion and digital media are closely related and mutually influence the contemporary community. Using the integrated critical thinking approach in the literature review, the conclusion can be drawn that the theological perspective of digital religion is crucial. The traditional construction of how to behave according to the religion being followed has to broaden its horizon and cover the explanation of divinity in media digitalization. It is necessary to be done so that the religious congregation and even the academicians accept it as part of the divine work in the 21st century and still maintain it in the path to keep the Christianity faith. This research investigates and contributes to the thinking collaboration of theology and computer sciences in digital theology.

• Language: English
• Keywords: digital religion, digitalization, religion, internet, online religion, contemporary faith, digital theology
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2023
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 597-610
• Numbering: Letn. 83, [št.] 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164204
• UDC: 2(100):004.9
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2023/03/Zaluchu
• COBISS.SI-ID: 179233027
• Publication date in RUL: 17.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Bogoslovna akademija, Bogoslovna akademija, Teološka fakulteta v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Teološki vpogled v digitalno religijo

Abstract

Namen raziskave je analizirati pojav digitalne religije od njenih zgodovinskih začetkov, oblikovati njeno definicijo in na koncu zgraditi teološko konstrukcijo o tem, kako so religija in digitalni mediji tesno povezani – in na sodobno družbo tudi vzajemno vplivajo. Z uporabo metode integriranega kritičnega mišljenja v pregledu literature je mogoče sklepati, da je teološka perspektiva digitalne religije ključna. Tradicionalna struktura, kako ravnati v skladu z religijo, ki ji sledimo, mora svoje obzorje razširiti in zajeti razlago božanskosti v medijski digitalizaciji. To je nujno, da jo bodo verske skupnosti, pa tudi znanstveniki sprejeli kot del Božjega dela v 21. stoletju in jo na poti ohranjanja krščanske vere še naprej podpirali.

• Keywords: digitalna religija, digitalizacija, religija, internet, spletna religija, sodobna vera, digitalna teologija