An Analysis of the Behavior Logic of the Spread of Christian Religion on the Internet

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10.2991/assehr.k.210519.248How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Christian believers, Network Communication, Structure-Differentiation, De-centralization

Abstract

When the network emerged and provided a “field” for religious organizations and individual believers that might exceed the scope of traditional public affairs management, the expression norms of individual believers in the “public field” space of the network and the balance between “private religious beliefs” and traditional “public religious beliefs” were broken. Through empirical research, it is found that the online religious communication behavior of Christian believers has changed the structure and function of traditional religious organizations. The use of Internet will lead to structural differentiation within religious organizations, which is manifested not only among clergy but also in the governance structure of the organization. On the other hand, the use of the Internet will cause the related activities of religious organizations to overflow the physical space of religious sites. The change in the relationship between activities and sites will inevitably promote or even cause the corresponding changes in the management mode and even rules of religious affairs.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Bijun Wu
AU  - Xiaowei Liang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/20
TI  - An Analysis of the Behavior Logic of the Spread of Christian Religion on the Internet
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1260
EP  - 1266
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210519.248
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210519.248
ID  - Wu2021
ER  -