Believing in the Net -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTIONMODERNITY, MEANING AND THE INTERNET -- CHAPTER 1 SECULARISATION, AND RELIGION BEYOND ITS INSTITUTIONS -- CHAPTER 2 THE CONSOLATIONS OF MODERNITY: ULTIMATE MEANING IN THE SECULAR ERA -- CHAPTER 3 ONTOLOGICAL SECURITY AND HYPES -- CHAPTER 4 THE ROOTS OF THE INTERNET HYPE: POST-COLD WAR ANOMIE AND THE INFORMATION AGE -- CHAPTER 5 THE DREAMS OF THE INTERNET AGE -- CHAPTER 6 WHIZ KIDS, GENIUSES, VISIONARIES AND CYBER-GURUS -- CHAPTER 7 DOTCOMS & THE PEAK OF THE INTERNET HYPE -- CHAPTER 8 EPILOGUE: THE Y2K HYPE -- CHAPTER 9 CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WEBSITES AND AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL -- SAMENVATTING -- CURRICULUM VITAE.