Weak Ties Still Bind
Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Date
4-2017
Abstract
Professor Thompson’s The Virtual Body of Christ in a Suffering World is one of a growing number of theological treatments of modern technology. Thompson’s book stands out in this burgeoning subfield for its creativity, nuance, and courage. Because a stage IV cancer diagnosis and the subsequent experience of being “really sick” (3) is the context for Thompson’s work, I want to be very clear that my use of the word “courage” is broader than the common (and frankly, overused and somewhat patronizing) use of the term towards people who are or have been ill. Thompson’s text is courageous because it is creative and nuanced. She has the courage to do what few theologians have done with regard to the topic of digital culture: to suggest in theologically serious terms that there is more here than just more sin, and that it is a real human space (warts and all) within which the church not only can but must translate its self-understanding as the body of Christ. In what follows,
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Study
Recommended Citation
Schmidt, Katherine G. Ph.D., "Weak Ties Still Bind" (2017). Faculty Works: TRS (2010-2022). 4.
https://digitalcommons.molloy.edu/trs_fac/4
Comments
The additional file attached is a PDF of just Dr. Schmidt's response, which was created from the Symposium's webpage using the Chrome browser. For the full Symposium on Deanna Thompson's Virtual Body of Christ a Suffering World follow the link.