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Theological Discourses on Social Media will examine ten different social media platforms across three overarching parts. Featuring contributions from leading scholars, it will be a must-read for all students of theology, religion and media, and cultural studies.
List of contents
PART 1: Social Networks 1. Attention Online: Christian Practice and Facebook Living 2. Twitter as Cybernetic Liberalism: The Apotheosis of Disincarnate Humanity 3. Tinderization and Transcendence: Girard, McLuhan, and the Apocalyptic Imagination
PART 2: Media Sharing 4. "You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me": The Technological Structuring of the
imago Dei on Instagram 5. "Despairing of Creation": Snapchat, Body Dysmorphia, and
Creatio ex Nihilo 6. Is Your "For You" Page Really For You?: TikTok, the Human Person, and Living With Social Media 7. YouTube and Christian Formation: Discerning Christ and World
PART 3: Collaborative Knowledge and Virtual Reality 8. The Ghostly Voice: Reddit, Digital Space, and the Objectification of Lived Experience 9. Wikipedia and the Unknowable 10. Avatar: Gaming and Living as "Through a Glass, Darkly" 11. Meta Horizon Worlds: From Virtual Reality to Preferred Reality
About the author
Christopher B. Barnett is Professor in the Department of Theology & Religious Studies at Villanova University, USA.
Clark J. Elliston is Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Schreiner University, USA.
Trevor B. Williams is a doctoral candidate at Villanova University, USA.
