Digital Jesus: The Making of a New Christian Fundamentalist Community on the Internet (The New and Alternative Religions Series)
"Howard's Digital Jesus is fascinating   . . . well worth reading, and worth drawing to the attention of Christian friends and family members."-- Jeffrey Barlow, Director of the Berglund Center for Internet Studies, Pacific University“One of the best current scholarly contributions to be found on the complex, creative, inventive, evocative world of Internet religion. Howard offers new and exciting insights on the power of non-institutional Christian Fundamentalism.…Mandatory reading for any scholar working to understand contemporary vernacular religion, as well as the ever-changing culture of religious communication. It is equally compelling for general readers trying to perceive the direction of Christianity in post–9/11 America.”-—Leonard Primiano,Cabrini College“A forceful and judicious study of the doomsday predilections of Christian Fundamentalist websites.Digital Jesusis uniquely positioned as a long-term analysis that tracks affinities toward intolerance and exclusion while also highlighting online sites that incorporate a more embracive and deliberative set of beliefs.”-—Lee Quimby,author ofMillennial Seduction: A Skeptic Confronts Apocalyptic Culture