HTML of Cruciform Love

Toward a Theology of the Internet

AvJohn Frederick

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien James Clarke

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Beskrivning

A timely and wide-ranging collection of essays exploring the theological implications of the internet and Christian engagement with digital media.The topic of the internet is vastly underrepresented in the current literature on the intersection of technology and theology. Studies on internet theology are certainly viewed as a topic of ‘special interest’, relevant – it might be thought – only to eccentric academics and tech geeks.The HTML of Cruciform Love contends, however, that there is no topic more pertinent to our daily walk as contemporary followers of Jesus Christ than the theological implications of the internet. These twelve essays, though standalone pieces, also work together to investigate the themes of community and character formation in the digital realm. A host of interrelated sub-themes are represented, including the application of patristic theology to contemporary internet praxis, a demonology of the internet, and virtue ethics in cyberspace, alongside studies that consider the implications of internet technology on aesthetics, personhood, and the self. Together, the chapters work toward a collaborative, constructive, cruciform theology of the internet, which is more than a supplementary component to our personal lives; rather, it is a medium of vital connection for the digital communion of the saints through the HTML of cruciform love.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-07-30
Mått:153 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:311 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:James Clarke
Antal sidor:207
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9780227177303

Utforska kategorier

Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

John Frederick is a lecturer in New Testament at Trinity College Queensland. He is the author of Worship in the Way of the Cross (2017).Eric Lewellen is an account manager at Veracross LLC.

Recensioner i media

This book is a beautiful example of theological exploration on a component central to the lives of so many people: the internet. The essays diverge in various ways, some more appreciative of the internet's impact on theology and religious life, others more leery. Those who take theology seriously in an age of internet need to reckon with the powerful ideas in this fine collection!

Innehållsförteckning

List of ContributorsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Toward a Theology of the Internet / John Frederick1. The Discipline of the Eyes: Reflections on Visual Culture, Ancient and Modern / Ben Myers and Scott Stephens2. Interface Is Reality / Kutter Callaway3. Cyber-Genesis of the Digital Self / John Frederick4. The Bible Is Not a Database / T.C. Moore5. See Me, Hear Me, Praise Me: An Internet for More than Vainglory / Chad Bogosian6. A Theology of Work for a Virtual Age / Scott B. Rae7. Mark’s Jesus and the Internet: Exegetical Reflections on Authority, Identity, and Community / Jen Gilbertson8. The Solomonic Temple: Technology and Theology / Walter Kim9. The Internet Gaze / Eric Stoddart10. Virtual Counterfeit of the Infinite: Emmanuel Levinas and the Temptation of Temptation / Donald Wallenfang11. The Church and Electronic Media – Foundational Issues: Our Addiction to Efficiency and the Myth of Neutrality / Mark D. Baker12. Crafting or Bearing the Present: Reflections on the Character of Christian Community / Clark EllistonSubject IndexAuthor IndexAncient Document Index