The document discusses how religious communities respond to and negotiate the use of new media technologies. It explores how online religious communities can supplement but not replace offline gatherings. Religious groups undergo unique belief-based processes to evaluate technological choices. The document also examines Catholics' views of the internet, including their history of responding to media as gifts from God, but with theological and structural constraints. Religious communities' technological choices are shaped by their specific values and traditions.

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