Abstract
There are few religious traditions that embody the discussions and ideals of postmodernity as fully and authentically as Neopaganism (in this paper synonymously referred to as Paganism, following the identification trends in Western countries). Many members of these communities work in the information industry. However, the utopic visions which thrive in Pagan rhetoric are continually in tension with their foundations within a technology that archives and potentially represses and destroys a religious experience that is meant to be spontaneously and internally practiced outside of a human technology intended for storing and forwarding information at high speeds.
Subject
Religions; Religions -- Philosophy; Religions -- History
Journal
Relics, Remnants, and Religion: an Undergraduate Journal in Religious Studies
Publication Date
5-13-2016
Language
English
Publication Place
Tacoma, Washington
Publisher
The University of Puget Sound
Type
article
Recommended Citation
Rodgers, Andy
(2016)
"Grandmother Spider, Did You Really Weave the World Wide Web? Postmodern Possibilities for Creation and Destruction in Online Pagan Communities,"
Relics, Remnants, and Religion: An Undergraduate Journal in Religious Studies: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/relics/vol1/iss1/6