Virtually real : problems of authenticity in religion on the internet

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dc.contributor.advisorChidester, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAlberts, Thomasen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-03T08:15:53Z
dc.date.available2014-11-03T08:15:53Z
dc.date.issued2003en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 205-213.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the vexed problem of authenticity in religion. In making that exploration, the study uses for its data the multitude of diverse and disparate religious formations found in the relatively disordered and anarchic spaces created with Internet technologies, formations that I have tentatively called virtual religions. The theoretical framework applied here is developed from the unique and original critical theory of Walter Benjamin. This study is therefore located at a number of important intersections: between religion and popular culture, between religion and politics, between religion and philosophy, and between religion and art. The argument is comprised of three major parts, corresponding to Chapters Two, Three and Four respectively. The first part approaches authenticity from the perspective of empiricism, with its scientific methods of verification and falsification. The keyword here is forensics because it implies both the scientific paradigm and police detection. This second implication is an important addition to the first because it draws attention to power in the vexed problem of religious authenticity.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAlberts, T. (2003). <i>Virtually real : problems of authenticity in religion on the internet</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9032en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAlberts, Thomas. <i>"Virtually real : problems of authenticity in religion on the internet."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9032en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAlberts, T. 2003. Virtually real : problems of authenticity in religion on the internet. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Alberts, Thomas AB - This study explores the vexed problem of authenticity in religion. In making that exploration, the study uses for its data the multitude of diverse and disparate religious formations found in the relatively disordered and anarchic spaces created with Internet technologies, formations that I have tentatively called virtual religions. The theoretical framework applied here is developed from the unique and original critical theory of Walter Benjamin. This study is therefore located at a number of important intersections: between religion and popular culture, between religion and politics, between religion and philosophy, and between religion and art. The argument is comprised of three major parts, corresponding to Chapters Two, Three and Four respectively. The first part approaches authenticity from the perspective of empiricism, with its scientific methods of verification and falsification. The keyword here is forensics because it implies both the scientific paradigm and police detection. This second implication is an important addition to the first because it draws attention to power in the vexed problem of religious authenticity. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Virtually real : problems of authenticity in religion on the internet TI - Virtually real : problems of authenticity in religion on the internet UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9032 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9032
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAlberts T. Virtually real : problems of authenticity in religion on the internet. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2003 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9032en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleVirtually real : problems of authenticity in religion on the interneten_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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