The Deification of Man in the Internet Era. Interference between Spiritual Life and Virtual World Avatars Cover Image

Îndumnezeirea omului în era internetului. Interferențe între viața duhovnicească și avatarurile lumii virtuale
The Deification of Man in the Internet Era. Interference between Spiritual Life and Virtual World Avatars

Author(s): Cristian-Alexandru Barnea
Subject(s): Substance abuse and addiction, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Editura Doxologia
Keywords: Spirituality; connectivity „IGen”; digital addiction; „digital virtues”;

Summary/Abstract: It seems to us that digital life is soulless. Which is a reality. A virtual existence cannot be brought to life by the very technology that created it. However, in recent years our lives intersect with the digital media in its many forms of instrumentalization. From the now famous search engines, Google, Bing, Yahoo !, Ask… to Social media platforms like: Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube etc. That is why the question is legitimate: how Orthodox spirituality, which expresses in the strongest and most credible way possible the experience of man with God, is affected or corrupted by new digital technologies. How can todayʹs generation be addressed through adolescents, and towards tomorrow, in the space of a quasi-freedom provided by the world of the Internet?

  • Issue Year: XCVII/2021
  • Issue No: 9-12
  • Page Range: 107-125
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Romanian