Contents
Acknowledgments......................................................x
1] A Revolution in the Making: Spiritual Wonder Goes Online..........2
2] The Ultimate Diaspora: Religion in the Perpetual Present
of Cyberspace.......................................................24
3] A Taste of Forever: Cyberspace as Sacred Time....................46
4] Cyber-Seekers: Stories of Virtual Pilgrimage.....................68
5] Cyber-virtue and Cyber-Vice......................................94
6] Virtual Shrines and the Cult of Celebrity.......................120
7] Existential Doubt, or Does a Cyborg Have a Soul?................140
8] Virtual Prophets, Instant Global Access, and the Apocalypse.....160
Epilogue] Seeing a Flame There: Religion and the Future of
Cyberspace.........................................................185
Notes].............................................................188
The Author]........................................................196
Index].............................................................198
Chapter One
A Revolution in
the Making:
Spiritual Wonder
Goes Online
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