Wiccan Church of Minnesota News: Monday, December 27, 2004

Study shows how religious group fended off the Internet -- then adapted it

"Twenty-first century technology has deeply penetrated even strict, self-contained religious communities that try to shut it out, University of Washington researchers have found.

Despite a ban by their leaders on private Internet use, ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews who otherwise shun the modern world turn out to be avid and creative Web surfers, according to the study to be published in next month's The Information Society journal.

The research was conducted by Karine Barzilai-Nahon, an assistant professor in the UW Information School, and Gad Barzilai, a visiting professor in the UW's Jackson School of International Studies and Comparative Law and Society Studies Center."

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Wiccan Church of Minnesota News

Monday, December 27, 2004

Study shows how religious group fended off the Internet -- then adapted it

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