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Informationen zum Autor Stephen K. Spyker has lived and worked at the intersection of religion and technology for over thirty-five years, most recently serving as director of information technology at Earlham School of Religion and at Bethany Theological Seminary, both in Richmond, Indiana. Klappentext Every day! new technologies affect our lives at home! work! and play. But how often do we pause to consider how technology influences our spiritual lives?our beliefs! our faith! our fundamental understanding of God? With wit and verve! Spyker leads readers on a lively journey through the many ways technology impacts both our thinking about faith and the way we practice it. He explores the role of new spiritual communities (Can online ?churches? replace traditional houses of worship?)! ?personal? relationships we have with our gadgets (Will my iPod give me peace of mind?)! our changing expectations (Is technological convenience undermining our ability for commitment?). Spyker gets us to think about the many! often subtle! ways technology has seeped into every aspect of lives and changed the way we ?do? faith. Readers will be entertained! challenged! and above all encouraged to take a fresh look at the world about them! asking! ?Is all this technology helping my spiritual growth?" Zusammenfassung Can you live a spiritual life in a hyperconnected world? "Technology is part of what defines us; it's part of what makes us human. More than that! the technologies we adopt affect the very type of humans we become. The tools we choose to use and how we use them affect how we think! how we make decisions! how we relate to one another! how we construct knowledge! even how we think about God." -from the Introduction Every day! new technologies affect your life at home! at work and at play. But how often do you pause to consider how your computer! mp3 player! cell phone! or PDA influence your spiritual life-your beliefs! your faith! your fundamental understanding of God? With wit and verve! Stephen Spyker leads you on a lively journey through the many ways technology impacts how we think about faith and how we practice it. He explores the role of new spiritual communities! the personal relationships we have with our gadgets! our changing expectations! helping you to think about the many! often subtle! ways technology has seeped into every aspect of our lives and changed the way we "do" faith. Can online churches replace traditional houses of worship? Will my iPod give me peace of mind? Is technological convenience undermining our ability to create community and make commitments? Whether a technophile or technophobe! no matter your faith or background! this book will entertain and challenge you while encouraging you to take a fresh look at spirituality in our modern world. ...
