A comparison between online and offline prayer

Fabian Eikelboom, Paul Groth, Victor De Boer, Laura Hollink

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Abstract

We study the contents of Christian prayers placed on the online prayer wall of 24-7 Prayer using Ap Siôn's general framework for analyzing intercessory and supplicatory prayer. Our results are compared to studies of the content of prayers on physical prayer cards and to the only other study of online prayer. We show that, in comparison to offline prayer, online prayer focuses on growth, is more concerned with urgent matters, is author-centric, and is concerned with concrete objectives.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 5th Annual ACM Web Science Conference, WebSci'13
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages61-64
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781450318891
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd Annual ACM Web Science Conference, WebSci 2013 - Paris, France
Duration: May 2 2013May 4 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 5th Annual ACM Web Science Conference, WebSci'13
Volumevolume

Conference

Conference3rd Annual ACM Web Science Conference, WebSci 2013
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period05/2/1305/4/13

Keywords

  • Practical theology
  • Prayer
  • Religion on the Web

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