EKLESIOLOGI DIGITAL DAN SPIRITUALITAS POSTMODERN: STUDI LITERATUR TENTANG TRANSFORMASI GEREJA DI ERA DIGITAL
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61402/crj.v2i6.524Keywords:
digital church, ecclesiology, digital spirituality, postmodernism, digital religion.Abstract
Introduction: Digital technology and postmodern culture have reshaped how believers form community, worship, and construct spirituality. This study examines digital ecclesiology in relation to postmodern spirituality.
Methods: A Systematic Narrative Literature Review was conducted, analyzing recent scholarship on postmodernism, digital religion, virtual communities, and digital spirituality.
Results: Findings indicate that the digital church is not merely a technical adaptation but a structural transformation producing hybrid communities, participatory digital liturgy, and increasingly dialogical forms of ecclesial authority. Digital spirituality emerges as a contemporary expression emphasizing subjectivity, autonomy, and personal experience.
Conclusion: Digital ecclesiology offers theological and pastoral opportunities for churches to remain relevant within a postmodern cultural landscape. Further empirical research is needed to explore its implementation in Indonesian church practice.
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