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Virtual Communion: Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Imagination

Schmidt, Katherine G.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton148120259104122

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Dayton, Theology.
As virtual space, the internet can be understood theologically through the doctrinal loci of the incarnation and the church. These two doctrines pervade both scholarly and ecclesial discussions of technology and the internet to date, and remain the central doctrinal categories with which theologians should assess internet culture. In its broader sacramental imagination and its ecclesiology, the church relies on virtual space insofar as it relies on the productive tension between presence and absence. Furthermore, 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.
Vincent Miller, Ph.D. (Advisor)
William Portier, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Jana Bennett, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Angela Ann Zukowski, D. Min. (Committee Member)
Sandra Yocum, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
266 p.
Multimedia Communications; Religion; Theology
theology; religious studies; media studies; internet; internet studies; sacrament; ecclesiology

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  • Schmidt, K. G. (2016). Virtual Communion: Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Imagination [Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton148120259104122

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schmidt, Katherine. Virtual Communion: Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Imagination. 2016. University of Dayton, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton148120259104122.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schmidt, Katherine. "Virtual Communion: Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Imagination." Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton148120259104122

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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