INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND -- Dancing in the dark (Boring ourselves to death) -- Dancing in a trance (Amusing ourselves to death) -- SACRED INTENTIONALITY -- Dancing with sacred intentionality (Discovering an undivided heart) -- Abandoning sacrilegious curiosities (The Holy habit of discernment) -- SACRED INTERIORITY -- Dancing with sacred interiority (Calling on God's truths) -- Stewarding the stirrings of the soul (The Holy habit of remembrance) -- SACRED IDENTITY -- Dancing with sacred identity (Celebrating community) -- Recognizing God as "No respecter of persons" (The Holy habit of contentment) -- CONCLUSION -- Dancing in the Light.
Summary:
The authors, writing as scholars of communication and media, demonstrate how God's great gifts of media and technology can rob us of everyday Sabbath and impede spiritual growth if not faithfully stewarded through a process described as mindful media attachment. Mindful media attachment helps to promote the "holy habits" of sacred intentionality, sacred interiority, and sacred identity. These "three sacreds," which arise from a proper understanding of the "grammar and language" of media and technology, ultimately allow us to avoid treating media and technology as ends in and of themselves and to avoid divided affections that drain energy, purpose, and kingdom service. -- Back cover.
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