Spirituality of Communication as Foundation for a Missional Approach to Digital Culture

The article seeks to make the case for a Christian spirituality of communication, one that especially addresses the communicative and interpersonal dynamics in digital culture and strives to elevate these toward a disposition of authentic relationality. From this foundation in a Christian spirituali...

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Main Author: Daniella Zsupan-Jerome
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication, St John's University 2024-06-01
Series:Religion and Social Communication
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Online Access:https://asianresearchcenter.org/blog/articles/spirituality-of-communication-as-foundation-for-a-missional-approach-to-digital-culture
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description The article seeks to make the case for a Christian spirituality of communication, one that especially addresses the communicative and interpersonal dynamics in digital culture and strives to elevate these toward a disposition of authentic relationality. From this foundation in a Christian spirituality of communication, the article proposes several key theological characteristics as fundamental for a missional approach to digital culture, including revelation, incarnation, communion, truth in context, and announcing hope. The article concludes by proposing a framework for a lived, missional spirituality expressing each of these in the digital context. Living out of this framework offers digital culture greater potential toward human flourishing as a whole.
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spelling doaj-art-30a3e2e9fcf84acb82c958c03f114b5c2025-08-20T03:05:26ZengAsian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication, St John's UniversityReligion and Social Communication3057-08832024-06-01222254277https://doi.org/10.62461/DZJ041824Spirituality of Communication as Foundation for a Missional Approach to Digital CultureDaniella Zsupan-Jerome0 Saint John’s University School of Theology and Seminary, USAThe article seeks to make the case for a Christian spirituality of communication, one that especially addresses the communicative and interpersonal dynamics in digital culture and strives to elevate these toward a disposition of authentic relationality. From this foundation in a Christian spirituality of communication, the article proposes several key theological characteristics as fundamental for a missional approach to digital culture, including revelation, incarnation, communion, truth in context, and announcing hope. The article concludes by proposing a framework for a lived, missional spirituality expressing each of these in the digital context. Living out of this framework offers digital culture greater potential toward human flourishing as a whole.https://asianresearchcenter.org/blog/articles/spirituality-of-communication-as-foundation-for-a-missional-approach-to-digital-culturechristian spiritualitydigital culturetheology of communicationrelationalitymission and evangelization
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mission and evangelization
title Spirituality of Communication as Foundation for a Missional Approach to Digital Culture
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title_short Spirituality of Communication as Foundation for a Missional Approach to Digital Culture
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topic christian spirituality
digital culture
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