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Theological Discourses on Social Media book cover

1st Edition

Theological Discourses on Social Media

Edited By Christopher B. Barnett, Clark J. Elliston, Trevor B. Williams Copyright 2026
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more

PART I Social Networks

1. Attention Online: Christian Practice and Facebook Living
    Michael Burdett

2. Twitter as Cybernetic Liberalism: The Apotheosis of Excarnate Humanity
    Anthony C. Sciglitano, Jr.

3. Tinderization and Transcendence: Girard, McLuhan, and the Apocalyptic Imagination
    Michael P. Murphy

PART II Media Sharing

4. “You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me”: The Technological Structuring of the Fragmentation, Objectification, and the Commodification of the Imago Dei on Instagram 
    Tekoa Robinson

5. “Despairing of Creation”: Snapchat, Body Dysmorphia, and Creatio ex Nihilo
    Christopher B. Barnett

6. Is Your “For You” Page Really For You? TikTok, the Human Person, and Living With Social Media
   James F. Caccamo

7. YouTube and Christian Formation: Discerning Christ and World
    Jana M. Bennett

PART III Collaborative Knowledge and Virtual Reality

8. The Ghostly Voice: Reddit, Digital Space, and the Objectification of Lived Experience
    Trevor B. Williams

9. Wikipedia and the Unknowable
    Gábor L. Ambrus

10. Avatar: Gaming and Living as “Through a Glass, Darkly”
    Clark J. Elliston

11. Meta Horizon Worlds: From Virtual Reality to Preferred Reality
    Brent P. Waters

Bibliography
Index

Biography

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.

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