Because the Internet has changed and is changing the ways in which
we think and act, it must also be changing the ways in which we
think Christianity and its theology. Cybertheology is the first
book to explore this process from a Catholic point of view. Drawing
on the theoretical work of authors such as Marshall McLuhan, Peter
Levy, and Teilhard de Chardin, it questions how technologies
redefine not only the ways in which we do things but also our being
and therefore the way we perceive reality, the world, others, and
God. "Does the digital revolution affect faith in any sense?"
Spadaro asks. His answer is an emphatic Yes. But how, then, are we
to live well in the age of the Internet? Spadaro delves deeply into
various dimensions of the impact of the Net on the Church and its
organization, on our understanding of revelation, grace, liturgy,
the sacraments, and other classical theological themes. He rightly
points out that the digital environment is not merely an external
instrument that facilitates human communication or a purely virtual
world, but part of the daily experience of many people, a new
"anthropological space" that is reshaping the way we think, know,
and express ourselves. Naturally, this calls for a new
understanding of faith so that it makes sense to people who live
and work in the digital media environment. In developing the notion
of cybertheology, Spadaro seeks to propose an intelligence of faith
(intellectus fidei) in the era of the Internet. The book's chapters
include reflections on man the decoder and the search engines of
God, networked existence and the mystical body, hacker ethics and
Christian vision, sacraments and "virtual presence," and the
theological challenges of collective intelligence.
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