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ReviewCyberpsychology, behavior and social networking2024

The Metaverse, Religious Practice and Wellbeing: A Narrative Review.

Justin Thomas, Mohammad Amin Kuhail, Fahad AlBeyahi

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Review in Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Justin ThomasKing Abdulaziz Center for World Culture Dhahran (Ithra/Sync), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8118-2947
Mohammad Amin KuhailCollege of Interdisciplinary Studies, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Fahad AlBeyahiKing Abdulaziz Center for World Culture Dhahran (Ithra/Sync), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The metaverse is touted as the next phase in the evolution of the Internet. This emerging digital ecosystem is widely conceptualized as a persistent matrix of interconnected multiuser, massively scaled online environments optimally experienced through immersive digital technologies such as virtual reality (VR). Much of the prognostication about the social implications of the metaverse center on secular activities. For example, retail, entertainment (gaming/concerts), and social networking. Little attention has been given to how the metaverse might impact religion. This narrative review explores contemporary research into online religious practice and the use of immersive digital technologies for religious purposes. This focus informs a discussion about how the metaverse, an online and immersive technology, might impact religion/religious practices. For billions worldwide, religion is an essential aspect of social identity and a cornerstone of psychological wellbeing. The emergence of the metaverse may represent a new way of connecting with an ancient source of human flourishing.

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InternetPsychological Well-BeingReligionHumansMarketingSocial IdentificationSocial NetworkingInternetmetaversepsychopathologyreligionwellbeing

Identifiers

PMID38197844
PMCPMC10794826

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