The virtual body of Christ and embrace of the seriously ill
Since the time of the Apostle Paul, the body of Christ has always been a virtual body, made up of members who were not always physically present to one another but were nevertheless part of the same catholic community. Virtual presence in today’s society comes most often via digital technology, a re...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2020]
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Theology & sexuality
Année: 2020, Volume: 26, Numéro: 2/3, Pages: 109-122 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Bodiliness
/ Body of Christ
/ Healing
/ New media
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| RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropologie NBN Ecclésiologie ZG Sociologie des médias; médias numériques; Sciences de l'information et de la communication |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
virtual body of Christ
B Illness B ecclesial practices B Digital technology B Embodiment B incarnational B Attentiveness |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Résumé: | Since the time of the Apostle Paul, the body of Christ has always been a virtual body, made up of members who were not always physically present to one another but were nevertheless part of the same catholic community. Virtual presence in today’s society comes most often via digital technology, a reality that prompts many Christian leaders and theologians to warn of the dangers of disembodied existence. This paper challenges the claim that virtual presence via digital technology is necessarily an inferior form of presence. Using autoethnographic research of living with advanced-stage cancer, the author explores how virtual connection via technology can sometimes be a superior form of presence for those undone by illness and other traumas. The article concludes with a call to churches to draw on biblical, theological, and liturgical resources to help imagine how digital devices can be used to practice healing forms of attentiveness to those who need it most. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5170 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Theology & sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13558358.2019.1684069 |