THEOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY Technology has a certain mystical quality to it, especially when you don’t understand fully how it all works. I am still amazed when I flip on a light switch or turn on the tap water. Am I God? Did I just create light and bring waters down from the heavens? When I […]
Brett Robinson: Embodied creatures, and part of Christ’s mystical body
THEOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY Recent events have shifted a lot more attention to our bodies. Temperature checks, masks and compulsive hand-washing have reminded us that we are biological creatures subject to the laws of nature. It all feels a bit heavy (and not just because of all the quarantine weight gain!). There’s an existential heaviness, or […]
Brett Robinson: The spiritual benefits of technology in a time of crisis
THE THEOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY “Gather ‘round the TV, kids, it’s time to pray.” Those are words I never thought I would utter as a Catholic media studies professor who has spent the past 20 years studying the effects of media on children and families. And yet, for the past few weeks during the coronavirus […]