internet and communities
type: Concept
narrower: religious online communities

religious online communities
definition: For many people, the Internet encourages a search for spiritual connections in a postmodern world—a marketplace of competing voices that can often lead to feelings of isolation and information overload. Online religious communities are interactive online networks of individuals who share a common religious practice or spirituality and unite through specific faith-based discussion topics or activities online. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Online Communities, Religious]
broader: religion
broader: internet and communities
type: Concept

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: religious online communities

religion
type: Concept
narrower: religious online communities