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Friday December 17, 2010
Internet • Religion Trends • RNB's Religion News Blog: Religious social media use is flourishing, as much in smaller, more conservative worship centers as in the megachurches, says Sarah Pulliam Bailey, online editor of Christianity Today.
Concern that social media media will detract from people gathering for worship together is vanishing, she says.
“You have to proceed with caution like anything else,” Baker says. “It’s not Facebook that causes those issues, it’s people.”
• Are social media changing religion?
Concern that social media media will detract from people gathering for worship together is vanishing, she says.
“You have to proceed with caution like anything else,” Baker says. “It’s not Facebook that causes those issues, it’s people.”
• Are social media changing religion?
Sunday September 19, 2010
Internet • RNB's Religion News Blog: A number of new Internet search engines created by Christian, Jewish or Muslim entities aim to filter out queries from Web users in a way that is more relevant to those users and keeps them from temptation, alcohol and pornography.
AFP highlights the Muslim imhalal.com, Christian seekfind.org, and Jewish Jewogle search engines.
AFP highlights the Muslim imhalal.com, Christian seekfind.org, and Jewish Jewogle search engines.
Monday June 28, 2010
Internet • RNB's Religion News Blog: In Australia the pornography industry and the Christian conservative lobby have united in opposition to a proposal to create a new domain name catering specifically for pornography on the internet.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – responsible for domain names and categories globally – has given conditional approval for a .xxx domain category. One argument is that an internet filter could easily be set to block all .xxx domains to help protect children.
However, an unlikely alliance has formed between the Australian pornography industry the Australian Christian Lobby in opposition to the new domain category. Sex industry lobby group the Eros Foundation is strongly opposed to the new domain, arguing that an .xxx domain would “ghettoise” the sex industry.
Meanwhile, Australian Christian Lobby spokesman Lyle Shelton says the group opposes the new domain because it sees it as further legitimising the pornography industry
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – responsible for domain names and categories globally – has given conditional approval for a .xxx domain category. One argument is that an internet filter could easily be set to block all .xxx domains to help protect children.
However, an unlikely alliance has formed between the Australian pornography industry the Australian Christian Lobby in opposition to the new domain category. Sex industry lobby group the Eros Foundation is strongly opposed to the new domain, arguing that an .xxx domain would “ghettoise” the sex industry.
Meanwhile, Australian Christian Lobby spokesman Lyle Shelton says the group opposes the new domain because it sees it as further legitimising the pornography industry
Monday March 15, 2010
Christianity • Internet:
The premise of the conference had been laid out earlier in the evening by Philip Clayton, a professor at Claremont School of Theology who talked about the role of Gutenberg’s printing press in the 15th century. By making the Bible more widely available, he said, it democratized religion and led directly to the Protestant Reformation. “Ladies and gentlemen,” Clayton said, “we are talking today about a transition equally as great.”
Tuesday November 13, 2007
Internet • Islam: Bargewee, a practicing Muslim, soured on the Facebook phenomenon after getting embroiled in a controversy over Facebook groups denouncing Islam and other religions.
Saturday August 18, 2007
Internet: Computers registered to the Church of Scientology were used to remove criticism of the church from the Wikipedia page about it.
Wednesday May 2, 2007
Internet • Religion Trends: Confession websites have become popular places to post your sins — or to read about the transgressions of others.
Wednesday April 18, 2007
Internet: Chief among them are GodTube.com, a video-sharing site for Christians, and MyChurch.org, a social networking realm.
Monday April 2, 2007
Internet: Wherever the human imagination goes, so goes the spirit. Second Life is now also opening new windows on religious and spiritual expression. Theologians and philosophers may debate the authenticity of cyber religious life, but out on the Internet faith frontier, believers are too busy to listen.
Friday March 16, 2007
Internet • Religion Trends: Despite the fact that religion is always in the news, visits to religious websites in the U.S. are declining rapidly.
Internet • Religion Trends:
The Internet has become a hub of religious worship for millions of people around the world. For many cyber-worshipers, online religious life conducted at home or in an Internet cafe has replaced attendance at traditional churches, temples, mosques and synagogues.
Friday March 2, 2007
Internet: It has been attacked many times in its short life, most notably by a former aide to Robert F Kennedy and the editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica. But now the online reference site Wikipedia has a new foe: evangelical Christians.
Tuesday January 30, 2007
Internet • Religion Trends: Teenagers’ use of the Internet for spiritual or religious experience grew by 200 percent between 1998 and 2001, according to a study by the Barna Research Group. Forty-six percent of teens expected to use the Internet to talk about what they believe.
Tuesday October 31, 2006
Internet: The Internet domain name Hell.com failed to be bought via a live auction Friday, which organizers had hoped would bring bids of more than $1 million.
Thursday March 9, 2006
Internet: Churches use technology for outreach
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