Virtual Communion

Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Sacramental Imagination

By: Katherine G. Schmidt

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Hardcover | 1 June 2020

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200 Pages

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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 âvirtual,â 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.

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Schmidt acknowledges well-worn theological criticisms of the internet but proposes a "more productive and honest theological evaluation." A quick glance at Twitter or Facebook provides ample evidence for critics, but Schmidt looks deeper and discovers the central feature of the virtual…. The analysis here is...careful and sophisticated. Theologians and pastors should not dodge questions raised by increasing levels of online engagement in the life of the church, especially in the aftermath of 2020. This book will help them immeasurably and should find a home in graduate courses in sacramental and pastoral theology. Highly recommended.

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