Jurnal Komunikasi Islam
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2016): June

WHEN RELIGION MEETS THE INTERNET (Cyber-Religion and the Secularization Thesis)

Asep Muhamad Iqbal (Faculty of Ushuluddin, Adab and Dakwah, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Palangka Raya, Kalimantan Tengah)

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Publish Date
22 Aug 2017

Abstract

This article examines the presence of cyber-religion, the worldwide increasing use of the Internet for religious purposes, in which religion is migrating online as its strategies of adaptation and shaping a new environment. It aims to look at the phenomenon of religious migration to virtual world and its possible implications for secularization thesis. The article argues that the massive emergence of online religion serves a (another) counterpoint to the prediction of the end of religion in modern society as proposed by the proponents of secularization theory. It also claims that religious use of the Internet among religion surfers has no significant impacts on the real world organized religions and their religious communal identity.

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Jurnal Komunikasi Islam
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Abbrev

jki

Publisher

Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Ampel

Subject

Religion Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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Jurnal Komunikasi Islam is the flagship journal, published biannually in June and December, of Islamic Communication and Broadcast Department, Dakwah and Communication Faculty, Islamic State University of Sunan Ampel (UINSA) Surabaya in collaboration with Indonesian Professional Dakwah Association ...