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The Fellowship of the Net

Duff, Alistair S.

Authors

Alistair S. Duff



Abstract

The article revisits the tradition of religious socialism as a potential resource for the information age. It begins with a detailed exposition and defence of the ideas of network society theorist Manuel Castells. However, the article questions Castells’ reliance on contemporary social movements as a response to what he calls the bipolar opposition between the net and the self. Arguing for a more universal and ontological solution, it seeks to mobilise the nineteenth-century Christian socialism of Maurice, Ludlow and Kingsley, specifically their powerful doctrine of mere brotherhood. Updated as the fellowship of the net, the brotherhood and sisterhood of humankind under the fatherhood of God turns into an attractive and plausible twenty-first century ideal.

Citation

Duff, A. S. (2017). The Fellowship of the Net. International Journal of Public Theology, 11(2), 188-210. https://doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341482

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 1, 2017
Online Publication Date Jun 2, 2017
Publication Date Jun 2, 2017
Deposit Date Apr 7, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal International Journal of Public Theology
Print ISSN 1872-5171
Electronic ISSN 1569-7320
Publisher Brill Academic Publishers
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 2
Pages 188-210
DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341482
Keywords information technology; network society; fellowship of the net; Christian socialism; brotherhood of man
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/826791

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