{"product_id":"christian-ethics-for-a-digital-society-9781442267374","title":"Christian Ethics for a Digital Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristian Ethics for a Digital Society looks at how we live in an increasingly digital world. From sexting to hashtag activism like the #metoo movement, technology has entered both our private and public lives in a deep way. Far from hand-wringing about the dangers of technology, Christian Ethics for a Digital Society offers pragmatic wisdom on how to live thoughtfully today. Instead of just worrying about the next technological gadget or app, it's time we consider what Christianity has to offer a world increasingly reimagined in a digital landscape. This book provides a new perspective on how to assess digital technology use, development, and expansion through a lens of Christian values. The purpose of this book is to begin a conversation about the massive ecosystem change that digital technologies push in our lives through a focus on the ethics of everyday practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Kate Ott] argues cogently that for Christians to practice ethical internet use, they must be digitally literate. For Ott, this means understanding 'how data is used, information is created, and predictive analytics are promoted.' . . . Ott implores Christians to use technology in ways that honor God, including practicing forgiveness, being socially responsible, and caring for the environment with their technological choices. Ott’s book will appeal to Christian technology enthusiasts looking to engage in digital communities. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eFinally, a book about tech that treats Christians like real human beings. Kate Ott offers a sophisticated, critical, accessible primer on Internet cultures and their discontents. It is not another call for a prudish retreat from networks, nor a ploy to manipulate them for propagandistic ends. Rather, it invites faith to be a guide for creative and savvy participation in building a more just digital world. -- Nathan Schneider, University of Colorado Boulder\u003cbr\u003eSo many theological responses to the digital age begin (and end) in moral hand-wringing about how much our world has changed, or in ‘how-tos’ designed to enable more tech-savvy ministers and lay leaders. Kate Ott offers us something else: a kind of moral grammar—or in her language, practices of moral ‘hacking’—to navigate our digital lives in embodied, incarnational ways. An improvisational book in the best of senses, this should be read by teachers, professors, students, parents, ministers, and anyone trying to think and act Christianly. -- Kathryn Reklis, Fordham University\u003cbr\u003eWhat difference does it make to engage digital technology as a Christian? Kate Ott invites us to think intentionally and creatively about the shaping effect our engagement with the ever-changing digital world has on our relationships and our community formation. Providing a new ethical language, she orients our reflection away from a rule-based approach toward a relational and imaginative approach, all while keeping context, community, and justice at the fore. -- Xochitl Alvizo, California State University, Northridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Introduction  Christian Ethics as Creative Moral Response  Digital Literacies as Praxis Moral Approaches and Digital Technologies  “We” and Moral Proportion  Moral Means  1 Programming for Difference  Babel: Valuing Diversity  Data, Algorithms, and Predictive Analytics Searching Difference, Networking Diversity  Excursus 1: Difference and Self-Understanding  2 Networked Selves  Moral Formation in a Digital Life  Are We Disconnected in Our Connection?  Digitally Creating the Self  The Self as Digital, or I Share, and Therefore I Am  Attunement and Digital Moral Formation  Excursus 2: Moral Complicity in the Digital Society  3 Moral Functions Beyond the Delete Key  Sin and Metanoia in a Digital Age  Digital Data, Archiving, and Surveillance  Ctrl + Z: To Forget or to Forgive?  Moral Functions of Forgiveness and Metanoia  Digital Disruption 94 Excursus 3: God as Panopticon or Prisoner  4 Creation Connectivity  Linking Ecological, Technological, and Social Issues  Data Mining and Digital Mattering  Reconnecting with Cocreative Responsibility  Excursus 4: Digital Clouds and Dirt-Filled Devices  5 Ethical Hacking and Hacking Ethics  Swords into Plowshares  Digital Literacies for Hacking  Participatory Culture and Digital Citizenship  Creativity, Hacking, and Community  Conclusion  Excursus 5: Reading and Writing New Visions  Notes  Selected Bibliography  Web Citations","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039986090327,"sku":"9781442267374","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442267374.jpg?v=1750945438","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/christian-ethics-for-a-digital-society-9781442267374","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}