Transforming Our Days: Spirituality, Community, and Liturgy in a Technological Culture

ISBN: 0824518446

Author: Gaillardetz, Richard R.

Condition: New

One day Richard Gaillardetz came home from work and was struck by the spiritual equivalent of a lightning bolt. He suddenly realized that the portable computer, cell phone, microwave oven, and Kids' Nintendo had made his family like no other in history. Drawing on his training as a theologian, Gillardetz set out to explore the subtle yet pervasive ways in which technology has re-shaped our lives and our families.In answer to the persistence of technology, Giallardetz calls for a contemporary Christian spirituality marked by the search for God in our daily engagements and an asceticism that cultivates the paschal rhythms of life and death. These are cultivated, say Gaillardetz, by the distinctive practices of the Christian community, especially the celebrations of the liturgy.