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Religious and Cultural Implications of Technology-Mediated Relationships in a Post-Pandemic World

Edited by Ilia Delio; Noreen Herzfeld and Robert Nicastro - Foreword by Steven Barrie-Anthony - Contributions by Steven Barrie-Anthony; Amy Sue Bix; Ilia Delio; Lisa M. Dolling; Kevin Healey; Noreen Herzfeld; Natasha Heller; Jennifer Constantine Jackson; Beverley McGuire and Devin Singh

Technology is an integral part our world. But how does inter-human technology affect our ability to be present to one another, to God, to ourselves, and to the world around us? Modern technologies are reshaping human relationships. While they offer new possibilities for presence across time and space, they also function as either a substitute for human relationships or as a filter that mediates relationships between ourselves and others. In our technologically saturated world, it is vital that we become aware of how these technologies alter our perceptions, our actions, and our relationships. Religious and Cultural Implications of Technology-Mediated Relationships in a Post Pandemic World offers a variety of positions on how technology is influencing religious communal and cultural life. There is no doubt that our interaction with technology will shape the human community up ahead. These essays provide a basis for thoughtful choice and action.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 258 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-66693-398-7 • Hardback • June 2023 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
978-1-66693-399-4 • eBook • June 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Subjects: Religion / Religion & Science, Social Science / Technology Studies, Religion / Taoism

Ilia Delio is a Franciscan Sister of Washington, D.C. and holds the Josephine C. Connelly Chair in Christian Theology at Villanova Universe.

Noreen Herzfeld is the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter Professor of Science and Religion at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict and a research associate with ZRS Koper.

Robert Nicastro is a PhD candidate in the Theology and Religious Studies program at Villanova University.

Preface

Steven Barrie-Anthony

Introduction

Noreen Herzfeld

Part I: Technology, Religious Practices and the COVID Pandemic

Chapter One: Technology and Ancestor Offerings

Natasha Heller

Chapter Two: The Meanings of Presence in Judaism: How Expressions of Social Community Evolved Over Centuries and Adapted Under Stress To COVID

Amy Sue Bix

Part II: Remaining Human in a Digital Age

Chapter Three: Social Technology and the Paradoxes of Spirituality and Attachment

Steven Barrie-Anthony

Chapter Four: Re-visioning Friendship and Spirituality in an Age of Social Media

Jennifer Constantine Jackson

Chapter Five: Paying Attention to Where We Pay Attention: Rethinking the Attention Economy through the Lens of Simone Weil

Lisa M. Dolling

Part III: Digital Media and Contemplative Imagination

Chapter Six: Technology and Contemplative Pedagogy

Beverly McGuire

Chapter Seven: Technology and the Arts

Kevin Healy

Part IV. Technology, Materiality and Embodiment

Chapter Eight: Crypto-Ethic? Presence, Relationality, and Care Among Digital Currencies

Devin Singh

Chapter Nine: “‘Grow Old with Me’: Humanoid Robots and the Aging Process”

Noreen Herzfeld

Part V. Looking Beyond the Pandemic

Chapter Ten: Why Technology Is Our Future

Ilia Delio

About the Contributors

When COVID isolated us from each other, technology kept us connected. Well, sort of. What actually happens when we human beings, who are innately social, put our social connections online? Are we still fully present to each other? Chatbots and robotic companions have already moved in to live with us, rechanneling if not replacing human connections altogether. Religious communities are discovering how quickly technology is altering religious practices. Will technology make us less human or more human? This book offers thoughtful analyses, multiple vantage points, and diverse perspectives all driving at one question: How is technology modifying the human social fabric and, in so doing, remaking humanity?


— Ron Cole-Turner, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary


In an accessible and engaging manner, this book touches a raw nerve: technology and us. The last years have demonstrated the ambiguity clearly. Look at the questions and concerns raised by the pandemic and our technologically mediated responses or widely experimented artificial intelligence chatbots (like ChatGPT). The right relationship with nature and technology is not a given. Technology is a gift, technology is 'us,' and it is an achievement of many actors, not all of them technologists. Theologians, philosophers, psychologists, and educators will particularly benefit from this excellent collection of essays.


— Anne Kull, University of Tartu


Religious and Cultural Implications of Technology-Mediated Relationships in a Post-Pandemic World

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Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Technology is an integral part our world. But how does inter-human technology affect our ability to be present to one another, to God, to ourselves, and to the world around us? Modern technologies are reshaping human relationships. While they offer new possibilities for presence across time and space, they also function as either a substitute for human relationships or as a filter that mediates relationships between ourselves and others. In our technologically saturated world, it is vital that we become aware of how these technologies alter our perceptions, our actions, and our relationships. Religious and Cultural Implications of Technology-Mediated Relationships in a Post Pandemic World offers a variety of positions on how technology is influencing religious communal and cultural life. There is no doubt that our interaction with technology will shape the human community up ahead. These essays provide a basis for thoughtful choice and action.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 258 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-66693-398-7 • Hardback • June 2023 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
    978-1-66693-399-4 • eBook • June 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: Religion / Religion & Science, Social Science / Technology Studies, Religion / Taoism
Author
Author
  • Ilia Delio is a Franciscan Sister of Washington, D.C. and holds the Josephine C. Connelly Chair in Christian Theology at Villanova Universe.

    Noreen Herzfeld is the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter Professor of Science and Religion at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict and a research associate with ZRS Koper.

    Robert Nicastro is a PhD candidate in the Theology and Religious Studies program at Villanova University.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface

    Steven Barrie-Anthony

    Introduction

    Noreen Herzfeld

    Part I: Technology, Religious Practices and the COVID Pandemic

    Chapter One: Technology and Ancestor Offerings

    Natasha Heller

    Chapter Two: The Meanings of Presence in Judaism: How Expressions of Social Community Evolved Over Centuries and Adapted Under Stress To COVID

    Amy Sue Bix

    Part II: Remaining Human in a Digital Age

    Chapter Three: Social Technology and the Paradoxes of Spirituality and Attachment

    Steven Barrie-Anthony

    Chapter Four: Re-visioning Friendship and Spirituality in an Age of Social Media

    Jennifer Constantine Jackson

    Chapter Five: Paying Attention to Where We Pay Attention: Rethinking the Attention Economy through the Lens of Simone Weil

    Lisa M. Dolling

    Part III: Digital Media and Contemplative Imagination

    Chapter Six: Technology and Contemplative Pedagogy

    Beverly McGuire

    Chapter Seven: Technology and the Arts

    Kevin Healy

    Part IV. Technology, Materiality and Embodiment

    Chapter Eight: Crypto-Ethic? Presence, Relationality, and Care Among Digital Currencies

    Devin Singh

    Chapter Nine: “‘Grow Old with Me’: Humanoid Robots and the Aging Process”

    Noreen Herzfeld

    Part V. Looking Beyond the Pandemic

    Chapter Ten: Why Technology Is Our Future

    Ilia Delio

    About the Contributors

Reviews
Reviews
  • When COVID isolated us from each other, technology kept us connected. Well, sort of. What actually happens when we human beings, who are innately social, put our social connections online? Are we still fully present to each other? Chatbots and robotic companions have already moved in to live with us, rechanneling if not replacing human connections altogether. Religious communities are discovering how quickly technology is altering religious practices. Will technology make us less human or more human? This book offers thoughtful analyses, multiple vantage points, and diverse perspectives all driving at one question: How is technology modifying the human social fabric and, in so doing, remaking humanity?


    — Ron Cole-Turner, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary


    In an accessible and engaging manner, this book touches a raw nerve: technology and us. The last years have demonstrated the ambiguity clearly. Look at the questions and concerns raised by the pandemic and our technologically mediated responses or widely experimented artificial intelligence chatbots (like ChatGPT). The right relationship with nature and technology is not a given. Technology is a gift, technology is 'us,' and it is an achievement of many actors, not all of them technologists. Theologians, philosophers, psychologists, and educators will particularly benefit from this excellent collection of essays.


    — Anne Kull, University of Tartu


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