Naslov
God in the Web

Autori
Bešker, Inoslav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, ostalo

Skup
Information Technology and Journalism

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 20.05.2002. - 24.05.2002

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Internet; religion

Sažetak
Internet, without any doubt, gravitates towards the infinity. What is the place of the infinity itself, for instance God, when found in such a net? Of course, we do not deal here with a person of God, or any deity, but with the word "God", as a way to describe the infinity and absolute – or a longing towards them. Does the frequency of the word "God" in Internet reflex such a longing? Not absolutely. According to the Google, "God" (named some 31, 600, 000 times) is there second even to the "man" (69, 300, 000), not to speak about the "sex" (70, 900, 000), or any harder "work" (96, 200, 000). Anyway, the thirst for God (spirituality, absolute, transcendence… ), which pervades the everyday human life, tries to dig its wells through the Web too. There is no great religion which has not discovered the propulsive force of Internet. "Pope John Paul is putting his faith in the Internet" – stated Reuters recently. Therefore the Internet becomes the hugest source of information about the faith and/or religion, and of other notions concerning the spirituality.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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