Theological Discourses on Social Media

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-43612-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 573 g

Theological Discourses on Social Media will examine ten different social media platforms across three overarching parts. The task throughout is, first, to delineate the configuration and intent of a given form of social media and, second, to probe its implications for theology. On the whole, the volume will focus on the Judeo-Christian tradition, though dialogue with and insight from other religious traditions will also be featured. The upshot will be a unique theological engagement with the defining issue of our era—a work that will be as relevant as it will be engrossing. Featuring contributions from leading scholars, it will be a must-read for all students of theology, religion and media, and cultural studies.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate Advanced and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barnett, Christopher B.

Elliston, Clark J.

Williams, Trevor B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher B. Barnett is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University, USA.

Clark J. Elliston is Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Schreiner University, USA.

Trevor B. Williams is a Visiting Assistant Professor at DeSales University, USA.