{"product_id":"book-g5ad","title":"Digital Communion","description":"Marshall McLuhan was the greatest prophet of the digital age. In the 1960s, McLuhan, a Canadian literary theorist, turned his attention toward the budding and befuddling electronic age. Like most prophets, McLuhan became one through a fascination with God. Prophets divine their wisdom from a source, and \u003ci\u003eDigital Communion\u003c\/i\u003e shows that McLuhan's was his own Catholic faith. In other words, the greatest prophet of the digital age was an ardent Christian. A reconsideration of his vision can change the way we view the online world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Catholic convert, McLuhan foretold a digital age full of blessings and sins: a world where information was a phone call or keystroke away, but where our new global village could also bring out the worst in us. For him, mass media was a form of Mass. McLuhan thought that while the print world was visual, the electric world—especially television—was a medium of touch. It enveloped us. For McLuhan, God was everywhere, including in the electric light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDigital Communion\u003c\/i\u003e considers the religious history of mass communication, from the Gutenberg Bible to James Joyce's literary forerunners of hypertextual language to McLuhan's vision of the electronic world as a place of potential spiritual exchange, in order to reveal how we can cultivate a more spiritual vision of the internet—a vision we need now more than ever.","brand":"christianaudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49361138385200,"sku":"BDg5ad","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49361138483504,"sku":"ZEg5ad","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49361138549040,"sku":"ZMg5ad","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/g5ad-Square-cover.jpg?v=1769751634","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g5ad","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}