Virtual Communion - Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Sacramental Imagination (Hardcover)

This book provides a theological account of the internet from a Catholic perspective. It engages digital culture by providing a context for media and mediation within the Catholic tradition, specifically focusing on the ecclesiology and sacramentality of the church. Katherine G. Schmidt argues that the Catholic imagination is inherently consonant with the idea of the "virtual," understood as the creative space between presence and absence, bringing the fields of media studies, internet studies, sociology, history, and theology together in order to give a theological account of the social realities of American Catholicism in light of digital culture. Overall, Schmidt argues that the social possibilities of the internet afford the church great opportunity for building a social context that allows the living out of Eucharistic logic learned in properly liturgical moments.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books-Fortress Academic
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2020
Authors:	Katherine G. Schmidt
Dimensions:	229 x 161 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-978701-62-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology
LSN:	1-978701-62-4
Barcode:	9781978701625

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