Religiosidade on-line: entre a produção da fé e o olhar estético

Abstract

This study is about how the Roman Catholic Church has used the digital media to product the online faith and also try to reverse the decline in the number of faithful. And how it has provided the experiment of aesthetic experience offered by Catholic rituals virtually. The research came from the observation about the excessive number of Catholic websites giving the user the ability to perform rituals for the virtual environment making possible the production and feeding of the faith, as well as experiencing feelings once possible only personally. The intention is to understand the concept of religiosity and to know the ways of the sacred manifestation. as well, systematizing evidence aesthetic experience resulting from contact of the user with the rituals available on the selected sites. The analysis of sites and testimonials written by users concluded that there is a spiritual flock being supported daily by biblical messages posted by the Catholic ecclesiastical body and layman. And it is possible to feel belonging to a religious group, even though virtual; and concepts such as union, real (as opposed to virtual) and contagion are aesthetically experienced in the digital sphere.