Religious and Cultural Implications of Technology-Mediated Relationships in a Post-Pandemic World

Preface
Steven Barrie-Anthony
Introduction
Noreen Herzfeld
Part I: Technology, Religious Practices and the COVID Pandemic
Chapter One: Technology and Ancestor Offerings
Natasha Heller
Chapter Two: The Meanings of Presence in Judaism: How Expressions of Social Community Evolved Over Centuries and Adapted Under Stress To COVID
Amy Sue Bix
Part II: Remaining Human in a Digital Age
Chapter Three: Social Technology and the Paradoxes of Spirituality and Attachment
Steven Barrie-Anthony
Chapter Four: Re-visioning Friendship and Spirituality in an Age of Social Media
Jennifer Constantine Jackson
Chapter Five: Paying Attention to Where We Pay Attention: Rethinking the Attention Economy through the Lens of Simone Weil
Lisa M. Dolling
Part III: Digital Media and Contemplative Imagination
Chapter Six: Technology and Contemplative Pedagogy
Beverly McGuire
Chapter Seven: Technology and the Arts
Kevin Healy
Part IV. Technology, Materiality and Embodiment
Chapter Eight: Crypto-Ethic? Presence, Relationality, and Care Among Digital Currencies
Devin Singh
Chapter Nine: "'Grow Old with Me': Humanoid Robots and the Aging Process"
Noreen Herzfeld
Part V. Looking Beyond the Pandemic
Chapter Ten: Why Technology Is Our Future
Ilia Delio
About the Contributors