The Oxford Handbook of Digital Theology

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-19-288420-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 1007 g

The Oxford Handbook of Digital Theology is the first comprehensive overview of theological reflection on digital technology and culture. Grounded in the history of Christian theology, it attends to the longstanding relationship between technology and human experience. Digital theology addresses the distinctive sociopolitical, cultural, and theological implications of the digital. In recent years the academic field has grown considerably, driven by the rising use of digital technology by Christians and churches, the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the emergence of generative artificial intelligence. To address this rapidly changing reality, the Handbook presents theological engagements with the ever-expanding applications of digital technology across all spheres of life.

The Handbook is divided into four parts, written by an interdisciplinary group of scholars from diverse cultures and ecclesial traditions. Part One examines the use of digital technology in theological research and considers digital culture's influence on theological thought. Part Two presents the dialogue between digital culture and traditional theological topics. Part Three reviews research on the impact of digital technology on the life of the church and Christian ministry. Part Four offers theological reflections on the wider sociopolitical impact of digital technology. The Handbook is the definitive reference for theological reflection on digital technology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kurlberg, Jonas

Chow, Alexander

Phillips, Peter M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Alexander Chow and Jonas Kurlberg: Introduction

- 2: Matthew John Paul Tan: Dogmatics and Digitality

- 3: John Dyer: Biblical Hermeneutics

- 4: Sabrina Müller and Aline Knapp: Practical Theology and Digitality

- 5: Frederike van Oorschot and Florian Höhne: Public Theology and Digitality

- 6: Calida Chu: Decoloniality and Digitality

- 7: Kate Ott: Gender

- 8: Hanna Reichel: Doctrine of God

- 9: Alexander Chow: Creation

- 10: Stephen R. Holmes: Christology

- 11: J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu: Pneumatology

- 12: Agana-Nsiire Agana: Theological Anthropology in Digital Theology

- 13: Kayko Driedger Hesslein: Digital Ecclesiology

- 14: Ximian Xu: Eschatology

- 15: Moisés Sbardelotto and Tim Hutchings: Online Christian Communities

- 16: Kyle K. Schiefelbein-Guerrero: Online Liturgies

- 17: Anna Frida Mannerfelt: Online Preaching

- 18: Mary E. Hess: Online Discipleship and Spiritual Formation

- 19: Daniella Zsupan-Jerome: Online Pastoral Care

- 20: Hannah Jeong and Matthew Ryan Robinson: Christian Faith and Practice in the Metaverse

- 21: Frank G. Bosman: Games, Gamification, and Christian Ministry

- 22: Ilona Nord and Thomas Schlag: Robots in Christian Ministry: Horizons of Reflection and Perspectives for the Future

- 23: Steve Taylor: Mission in Digital Cultures

- 24: Lai Pak-Wah: Digital Pedagogics in Theological Education

- 25: Jeremy H. Kidwell: Ecology and the Digital

- 26: Miriam Jessie Fisher and Stephen Garner: Theology, Imagination, and the Arts in Digital Spaces

- 27: Jonas Kurlberg and Nina Kurlberg: Disability, Theology, and Digitality

- 28: J. Jeanine Thweatt: Transhumanism and Critical Posthumanism

- 29: Marius Dorobantu and Erin Green: Theologies of Artificial Intelligence

- 30: Eric Stoddart and Susanne Wigorts Yngvesson: Theologies of Surveillance

- 31: Erkki Sutinen, Anthony-Paul Cooper, and Christopher A. Nunn: Computer Science and Theology

- Afterword: The Past and Present of Digital Theology

Über Autor(innen)

Jonas Kurlberg is a theologian and researcher specializing in digital theology and the interface between Christian faith and digital culture. He currently serves as Chair of the Global Network for Digital Theology and is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. Jonas has held academic and leadership roles in theological education and continues to publish and present internationally on topics at the intersection of theology, technology, and society. Alexander Chow is Senior Lecturer in Theology and World Christianity and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of World Christianity in the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. He is the author or editor of seven books, including Chinese Public Theology (Oxford University Press, 2018) and Ecumenism and Independency in World Christianity (with Emma Wild-Wood; Brill, 2020). Peter M. Phillips is Tutor in Digital Theology, Ministry and Mission and Director for the Centre for Digital Theology at Cliff College, UK. His research is focused on issues around digital engagement with the Bible, the development of digital theology, technological developments since the COVID pandemic, and what it means to be authentically human in a digital age.