Article: Kemetic Orthodoxy: ancient Egyptian religion on the Internet--a research note.

To date, the Internet has been a largely unregulated media (Hamelink 2003), part of an "alternative cultural milieu" that allows New Religious Movements to emerge and grow (Neitz 1994:131). As neo-pagans of all kinds have been particularly active and visible on the Internet, some observers have speculated that there may be an elective affinity between neo-pagan religions and the Internet (O'Leary 1996). Dawson suggests that the Internet is especially compatible with religions that feature a monistic worldview, tolerance for other faiths, a pragmatic attitude toward authority, organizational openness, an emphasis on experience and a pronounced individualism (1998:163-165). ...

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