Liebe aus dem Internet. Tinder-App als Herausforderung für die pastorale Tätigkeit der Kirche
Love from the Internet. Tinder app as a challenge for the pastoral care of the church

Summary/Abstract: The contemporary, expansive development of the Internet and all kinds of mobile toolshas changed all areas of human life. Food, health, entertainment, work, social and fam-ily ties – all this and many other areas of life are woven into virtual reality. This has alsoaffected the way of getting to know the chosen ones in life. The mobile world has beenoffering many digital dating tools to seek love of one’s life”. One of them is the “Tin-der” mobile application. It is this tool that the article examines, first by analyzing thephenomenon of this invention and its popularity in the context of social sciences, thenby discussing it in the perspective of pastoral theology. In the sections of the article,the author presents the following issues: what Tinder consists of; the usage statistics forthis tool; the philosophical-sociological background of online-dating; the characteristicsof the generation of Tinder users and – finally – the challenges and inspirations Tinderpresents to the pastoral care of the Church.

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