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Research Articles

Lived religion in a digital age: technology, affect and the pervasive space-times of ‘new’ religious praxis

La religión que se vive en la era digital: Tecnología, afecto y los espacios-tiempos omnipresentes de la ‘nueva’ praxis religiosa

Vivre la religion à l’ère du numérique: technologie, affect et l’omniprésence espace-temps des « nouvelles » praxis religieuses

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Pages 29-48 | Received 14 Feb 2021, Accepted 03 Aug 2022, Published online: 12 Sep 2022

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