{"product_id":"religious-and-cultural-implications-of-technology-mediated-relationships-in-a-post-pandemic-world-9781666933987","title":"Religious and Cultural Implications of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechnology 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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?\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ron Cole-Turner, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Barrie-Anthony\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoreen Herzfeld\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Technology, Religious Practices and the COVID Pandemic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Technology and Ancestor Offerings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatasha Heller \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: The Meanings of Presence in Judaism: How Expressions of Social Community Evolved Over Centuries and Adapted Under Stress To COVID\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Sue Bix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Remaining Human in a Digital Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Social Technology and the Paradoxes of Spirituality and Attachment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Barrie-Anthony\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Re-visioning Friendship and Spirituality in an Age of Social Media\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Constantine Jackson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Paying Attention to Where We Pay Attention: Rethinking the Attention Economy through the Lens of Simone Weil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisa M. Dolling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Digital Media and Contemplative Imagination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Technology and Contemplative Pedagogy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeverly McGuire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Technology and the Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin Healy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV. Technology, Materiality and Embodiment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Crypto-Ethic? Presence, Relationality, and Care Among Digital Currencies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevin Singh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: “‘Grow Old with Me’: Humanoid Robots and the Aging Process”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoreen Herzfeld\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart V. Looking Beyond the Pandemic \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: Why Technology Is Our Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlia Delio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042032058711,"sku":"9781666933987","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781666933987.jpg?v=1750952710","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/religious-and-cultural-implications-of-technology-mediated-relationships-in-a-post-pandemic-world-9781666933987","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}