Autorentext

Kate Ott is associate professor of Christian social ethics at Drew Theological School.She also held the position of deputy director of the Religious Institute, a nonprofit committed to sexual health, education, and justice in faith communities and society. She is author or co-editor of several books, including Sex + Faith: Talking with Your Child from Birth to Adolescence. She has leadership roles with organizations including Catholics for Choice and Feminist Studies in Religion.

Klappentext

Christian Ethics for a Digital Society examines how we live in an increasingly digital world. From sexting to hashtag activism like the #metoo movement, technology has entered both our private and public lives in a deep way. Christian Ethics for a Digital Society offers pragmatic wisdom on how to live thoughtfully today.

Inhalt

Preface

Introduction

Christian Ethics as Creative Moral Response

Digital Literacies as Praxis

Moral Approaches and Digital Technologies

"We" and Moral Proportion

Moral Means

1 Programming for Difference

Babel: Valuing Diversity

Data, Algorithms, and Predictive Analytics

Searching Difference, Networking Diversity

Excursus 1: Difference and Self-Understanding

2 Networked Selves

Moral Formation in a Digital Life

Are We Disconnected in Our Connection?

Digitally Creating the Self

The Self as Digital, or I Share, and Therefore I Am

Attunement and Digital Moral Formation

Excursus 2: Moral Complicity in the Digital Society

3 Moral Functions Beyond the Delete Key

Sin and Metanoia in a Digital Age

Digital Data, Archiving, and Surveillance

Ctrl + Z: To Forget or to Forgive?

Moral Functions of Forgiveness and Metanoia

Digital Disruption 94

Excursus 3: God as Panopticon or Prisoner

4 Creation Connectivity

Linking Ecological, Technological, and Social Issues

Data Mining and Digital Mattering

Reconnecting with Cocreative Responsibility

Excursus 4: Digital Clouds and Dirt-Filled Devices

5 Ethical Hacking and Hacking Ethics

Swords into Plowshares

Digital Literacies for Hacking

Participatory Culture and Digital Citizenship

Creativity, Hacking, and Community

Conclusion

Excursus 5: Reading and Writing New Visions

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Web Citations