Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

The metaverse could change our religious experiences, and create new ones

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Marco Adria, Lecturer in Media and Technology Studies, University of Alberta

New technologies have always informed and changed our religious experiences. Listening to early radio broadcasts in the 1880s was experienced by many as religious because radio voices seemed to come from some other dimension. Séances became wildly popular at the time because it was thought by some that radio had opened a door to the spirit world.

Today, religion is experiencing new transformations. The information-rich, image-laden character of the internet can provide new ways to…

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