Religion and Cyberspace Edited by Morten T. Hojsgaard and Margit Warburg In the twenty-first century, religious life is increasingly moving from churches, mosques and temples to the internet. Today, anyone can go online and seek a new form of religious expression without ever encountering a physical place of worship, or an ordained teacher or priest. The digital age offers virtual worship, cyber-prayers and talk-boards for all of the major world faiths, as well as for pagan organizations and new religious movements. It also abounds with misinformation, religious bigotry and information terrorism. Scholars of religion need to understand the emerging forum that the web offers to religion, and the kinds of religious and social interaction that it makes possible. Religion and Cyberspace explores how religious individuals and groups are responding to the opportunities and challenges that cyberspace brings. It asks how religious experience is generated and enacted online, and how faith is shaped by factors such as limitless choice, lack of religious authority, and the conflict between recognized and non-recognized forms of worship. Combining case studies with the latest theory, its twelve chapters examine topics including the history of online worship, virtually versus reality in cyberspace, religious conflict in digital contexts, and the construction of religious identity online. Focusing on key themes in this ground-breaking area, it is an ideal introduction to the fascinating questions that religion on the Internet presents. Contributors: Eileen Barker, Lorne L. Dawson, Debbie Herring, Morten T. Hojsgaard, Massimo Introvigne, Mun-Cho Kim, Michael J. Laney, Alf G. Linderman, Mia Lovheim, Mark MacWilliams, Stephen D. O'Leary, David Piff and Margit Warburg. Morten T. Hojsgaard is Internet editor at Kristelgit Dagblad (Christian Daily) and External Lecturer at the Department of History of Religious at the University of Copenhagen. Marigt Warburg is a sociologist of religion and Professor at the Department of History of Religions at the University of Copenhagen. Her books include New Religions and New Religiosity (1998, co-editor with Eileen Barker) and Baha'I (2003).