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A comparison between online and offline prayer

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Fabian Eikelboom,

Paul Groth,

Victor de Boer,

Laura HollinkAuthors Info & Claims

WebSci '13: Proceedings of the 5th Annual ACM Web Science Conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2464464.2464505

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We study the contents of Christian prayers placed on the online prayer wall of 24-7 Prayer using Ap Siôn's general framework for analyzing intercessory and supplicatory prayer. Our results are compared to studies of the content of prayers on physical prayer cards and to the only other study of online prayer. We show that, in comparison to offline prayer, online prayer focuses on growth, is more concerned with urgent matters, is author-centric, and is concerned with concrete objectives.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2639189.2641212

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DOI:10.1145/2464464

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Hemmert FBell AGlöß MKlaiß MKurm Kvan der Linde INeumann KOrak GSommer KDui TWagner PWeier BZalesak MPreim BNürnberger AHansen C(2020)Designing human-god interfacesProceedings of Mensch und Computer 202010.1145/3404983.3409997(393-397)Online publication date: 6-Sep-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3404983.3409997
Blythe MBuie ERoto VHäkkilä JVäänänen-Vainio-Mattila KJuhlin OOlsson THvannberg E(2014)Chatbots of the godsProceedings of the 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational10.1145/2639189.2641212(227-236)Online publication date: 26-Oct-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2639189.2641212

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