Digital Liturgies
Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age
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Publisher Description
How the Habitat of Internet Technology Undermines Christian Wisdom
With advancements in internet technology, people can get instant answers to just about any of their questions, connect long distance with family and friends, and stay informed with events around the world in real time.
In Digital Liturgies, tech-realist Samuel D. James examines the connection between patterns in technology and human desires. Everyone longs for a glimpse of heaven; James argues they are just looking for it in the wrong place—the internet.
This accessible book exposes 5 "digital liturgies" that prohibit people from contemplating big truths, accepting the uncomfortable, and acknowledging God as their Creator. It then calls readers to live faithfully before Christ, finding wisdom through Scripture and rest in God's perfect design.
A Biblical View of the Internet and Technology: Readers explore the connection between human desire, the internet, and wisdom through a Christian lensGreat for College Students, Parents, and Pastors: This book encourages readers to live faithfully for Christ Offers a Tech-Realist Perspective: Samuel D. James highlights the inherent dangers of digital technologies, offering wisdom for navigating our internet-saturated world
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"What if the issue is not that we aren't making the internet more humane; it's that the internet is making us less so?" asks Digital Liturgies newsletter author James (Does It Matter What I Believe?) in this impassioned study of the ways technology undermines Christian values. Aside from its "spiritually dangerous" content, James contends that the "disembodied, fragmented" form of the web "shapes us in the image of the spirit of the age," fostering an environment rife with "petty controversies, cheap outrage, and minute arguments." The internet's "knee-jerk judgments, emotivism, and fallacies" render "genuine wisdom difficult and unappealing" and undercut Christian values of truth and careful thought, according to James, who contends that digital technology "import its values of immediacy and fleetingness into our souls," spiking burnout rates and fostering a restlessness only curable through godly devotion. Acknowledging that a wholesale rejection of technology is impractical, James urges readers to turn to the Bible for wisdom; forge healthier tech habits (such as taking a device-free lunch hour); and find community in church, where believers "draw nearer together... to becoming fully human." Eschewing alarmism, James makes a convincing case that technology is anything but a "neutral tool" and offers reasonable suggestions for change. Christian netizens looking to reform their habits will find plenty of insight.
