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Sacred Reality, Digital Simulation: Ritual Form in Virtual Spaces

Sacred Reality, Digital Simulation: Ritual Form in Virtual Spaces

Beltramini, Enrico

Hardcover

Series: New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion, Book 19

Religion General General Sociology

ISBN10: 3031930452
ISBN13: 9783031930454
Publisher: Springer
Published: Jul 30 2025
Pages: 180
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This study explores the relationship between the sacred and the virtual, emphasizing the sacred as a divinely dependent, consecrated space activated through ritual, mediating between the profane and the holy. The central argument is that the virtual is fundamentally incompatible with the ritual form--a concept developed by Romano Guardini and others, including Joseph Ratzinger--which holds that the sacred is not merely acknowledged but made present through ritualized actions that require tangible, participatory engagement. Even if the virtual realm were acknowledged as real and retained both the bodily presence of the faithful and the Divine Presence, the rite would still be ineffective. Virtuality prevents the proper enactment of the rite, rendering it ineffective. At its core, the ritual form is performative, embodied, and consecratory. It requires physical presence, material elements, and a structured sequence of gestures, symbols, and words that together make the divine encounter possible. Their absence in virtual spaces disrupts ritual form, compromising its sacramental function.

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