Hey everybody, the special issue of the relatively new journal "Online - Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet" on the topic "Being Virtually Real? Virtual Worlds from a Cultural Studies' Perspective" is now available. Please see http://online.uni-hd.de. The journal consists of the following papers: Radde-Antweiler, K.: Religion Becoming Virtualised. Introduction to the Special Issue on Religion in Virtual Worlds. Calleja, G.: Virtual Worlds Today: Gaming and Online Sociality. Martinkova, L.: Computer Mediated Religious Life of Technoshamans and Cybershamans. Stam, K. / Scialdone, M.: Where Dreams and Dragons Meet. An Ethnographic Analysis of two Examples of Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). Jenkins, S.: Rituals and Pixels. Experiments in Online Church. Kluver, R. / Chen, Y.: The Church of Fools: Virtual Ritual and Material Faith. Miczek, N.: Online Rituals in Virtual Worlds. Christian Online Services between Dynamics and Stability. Radde-Antweiler, K.: Virtual Religion. An Approach to a Religious and Ritual Topography of Second Life. Martinez-Zárate, P. / Corduneau, I. / Martinez, L. M.: S(l)pirituality. Immersive Worlds as a Window to Spirituality Phenomena. Robinson-Neal, A.: Enhancing the Spiritual Relationship: the Impact of Virtual Worship on the Real World Chruch Experience. Bittarello, B.: Another Time, Another Space: Virtual Worlds, Myths and Imagination. Highland, M. / Yu, Gino: Communicating Spiritual Experience with Video Game Technology. Duridanov, L. / Simoff, S.: 'Inner Listening' as a Basic Priciple for Developing Immersive Virtual Worlds. I would be gratefull, if you recommend our journal and the possibility to publication. With best greetings from Heidelberg and a Happy Easter Yours sincerly Kerstin SORRY FOR CROSSPOSTING!! -- Dipl. Theol. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler SFB 619 Teilprojekt C 2 Institut für Religionswissenschaft der Universität Heidelberg Akademiestr. 4-8 69117 Heidelberg Tel.: +49-(0)6221-547482 Fax : +49-(0)6221-547424 Email: kerstin.radde@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de URL: http://www.rituals-online.uni-hd.de http://www.sl-research.de