![]() ![]() In this timely volume, Thompson weaves personal narrative, scriptural exegesis, and a theology of attentiveness into an argument for seeing digitally mediate relationships as continuous with, and indeed part of, the Christian Church. Essential to this is to consider what is meant by the virtual: is that just a euphemism for “not real,” or does it carry the possibility of true presence among those virtually connected? Yet her debilitating experience with cancer, and more specifically her participation in a digitally mediated community of support, inspired her to reflect theologically on how this kind of mediation might be a part of the church. ![]() Turkle, once a digital optimist, has become increasingly skeptical of the impact of modern communications technologies, particularly with regard to the type and quality of relationships people form through these platforms.ĭeanna Thompson was also a digital skeptic, put off by the apparent shallowness of relation that technology afforded (3). “Technology proposes itself as the architect of our intimacies.” 1 This quotation from Sherry Turkle has haunted me since I first read Alone Together, flashing in my mind with each ping from my phone. ![]()
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