I picked up a book from a bookstore shelf yesterday by Quentin Schultze, entitled Habits of the High-Tech Heart: Living Virtuously in the Information Age (this is a link to the story I have begun writing on the book).
I'll probably end up getting it and hope I won't have to "return it" if something doesn't happen soon on the job front. I will go through it in more detail as a part of my "calling" to be more of an "evangelist" for the online possibilities we must not neglect as the Church. My first impressions of the book make it seem likely I will be playing the role of opponent to many of Schultze's theses, if only to open up some alternative points of view into some of the areas where he sounds warnings. But I am also reasonably certain that Schultze will do some evangelizing himself, since he is no Luddite, having been a well-balanced and articulate voice for Christian perspectives on the Internet since before....well, practically anyone. A review of his book by Cliff Vaughn at ethicsdaily.com says this:
Schultze’s stated goal is “not so much to discard database and messaging technologies as much as to adapt them to venerable ways of life anchored in age-old virtues.” Furthermore, “dismantling all information technologies is not a realistic or even a good solution.” So to read Schultze as an anti-technology reformer is to put forth a knee-jerk reaction to what is, finally, a well-reasoned case.
I see Schultze's book as promising in a number of ways. He's an excellent writer. He is a theologian and a communicator in his own right. And he deals intelligently with the subject of the Internet. This will make his book a good basis for dialogue.....some disagreement, some calls for expansion or further comment (which I will happily supply from my side) and some hearty "amens". So consider this a pre-review or "looks promising" initial review, and check back for updates to the story/review I have opened at Habits of the High-Tech Heart: Living Virtuously in the Information Age
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