Religion on the internet: Community and virtual existence

Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-330

  Foltz, Franz ^a   Foltz, Frederick ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Community; Internet; Religion; Technology; Web

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

RELIGION;

INTERNET;

EID: 0041430812     PISSN: 02704676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0270467603256085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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