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This book provides a theological account of the internet from a Catholic perspective. It engages digital culture by providing a context for media and mediation within the Catholic tradition, specifically focusing on the ecclesiology and sacramentality of the church. Katherine G. Schmidt argues that the Catholic imagination is inherently consonant with the idea of the “virtual,” understood as the creative space between presence and absence, bringing the fields of media studies, internet studies, sociology, history, and theology together in order to give a theological account of the social realities of American Catholicism in light of digital culture. Overall, Schmidt argues that the social possibilities of the internet afford the church great opportunity for building a social context that allows the living out of Eucharistic logic learned in properly liturgical moments.

Table of Contents
Chapter One: Theological Concerns

Chapter Two: Ecclesial Perspectives on Media and Communications

Chapter Three: Incarnation, Virtuality, and the Church

Chapter Four: Virtuality and Sacramentality

Chapter Five: The Social Dynamics of Life Online

Chapter Six: The Suburbanization of American Catholic Life

Chapter Seven: Standards of Communion

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      Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
      Published 22 May 2020
      ISBN-13 9781978701625
      978-1978701625
      ISBN-10 1978701624
      Also in:
      Politics, Philosophy & Society Media studies Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church Theology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book provides a theological account of the internet from a Catholic perspective. It engages digital culture by providing a context for media and mediation within the Catholic tradition, specifically focusing on the ecclesiology and sacramentality of the church. Katherine G. Schmidt argues that the Catholic imagination is inherently consonant with the idea of the “virtual,” understood as the creative space between presence and absence, bringing the fields of media studies, internet studies, sociology, history, and theology together in order to give a theological account of the social realities of American Catholicism in light of digital culture. Overall, Schmidt argues that the social possibilities of the internet afford the church great opportunity for building a social context that allows the living out of Eucharistic logic learned in properly liturgical moments.

      Table of Contents
      Chapter One: Theological Concerns

      Chapter Two: Ecclesial Perspectives on Media and Communications

      Chapter Three: Incarnation, Virtuality, and the Church

      Chapter Four: Virtuality and Sacramentality

      Chapter Five: The Social Dynamics of Life Online

      Chapter Six: The Suburbanization of American Catholic Life

      Chapter Seven: Standards of Communion

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