Study on the Phenomenon of Domestic Religion: The Implication in a Human’s Identity and Consequences

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210902.004How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Human, Religion, Domestic religion, Domestic church, Religious identity, Religious transgression, Media space, Virtual community

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the study of the “Domestic religion” phenomenon in modern real and virtual spaces, the role it plays in a modern human’s identity development, and the consequences it may lead to. The term “Domestic religion/church” is far from new. The first mentions of the domestic church are found in the Old Testament but today the hash tag “domestic church” is quite popular on the Internet. It designates many blogs, websites and video channels that broadcast and publish posts on religious topics. They invite people to join their virtual community, and sometimes call for support to the authors of such resources in the form of donations or purchases of goods and services. We have studied in detail a number of sites and blogs under the hash tag “domestic church”. We analyzed the topics of articles and videos as well as comments from Internet users subscribed to these resources. On the studied materials the typology is built. It is based on such criteria as presence or absence of commercial component, religious trend and mission. The results of the study show that the phenomenon of domestic religion in the virtual space is a manifestation of a human’s virtual religious identity. As a consequence for a human or for the whole group of religious people, it can cause religious transgression of an individual both virtually and in real life.

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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  - Mariya Bicharova
AU  - Anna Romanova
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/09/04
TI  - Study on the Phenomenon of Domestic Religion: The Implication in a Human’s Identity and Consequences
BT  - Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities. (Philosophy of Being Human as the Core of Interdisciplinary Research) (ICCESSH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 15
EP  - 24
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210902.004
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210902.004
ID  - Bicharova2021
ER  -