Cybertheology - Thinking Christianity in the Era of the Internet

This book investigates the concept of cybertheology and its effect on the ways in which we think Christianity. It relates Cybertheology to the works of theoreticians in media studies, anthropology and theology and considers the relationships between cybertheology and Christian theology and whether these changes are similar to or different from changes experienced in thinking on Christian theology after the development of other media technologies.

List of contents

Premise 1. Internet: Between Theology and Technology 2. Man, the decoder and the Search Engine for God 3. The Mystical and Connective Body 4. Hacker Ethics and Christian Vision 5. Liturgy, Sacraments and 'Virtual Presence' 6. The Technological Tasks of 'Collective Intelligence' Notes Bibliography Index of Names

About the author

Antonio Spadaro, S.J., is editor of the review La Civiltà Cattolica and teaches at the Pontifical Gregorian University.

Summary

How has the internet changed our notion of theology? Has the internet had similar effects on the thinking of Christianity that were experienced after the development of other media technologies? This book aims to clarify how thinking has changed or remained the same in an era which is often seen as one in which the media's changes have speeded up.

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Spadaro, Antonio/ Way Spadaro
• Assisted by: Maria Way (Translation), Marian Way (Translation)
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2014
• EAN: 9780823256990
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-5699-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries