Digital Spirituality

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Introduction
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- About this Course
- About the Instructor
- A Note on Course Materials
- "Digital Spirituality" by Don Iannone (Full Book)
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Module One: Course Overview
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- Please Introduce Yourself
- Module One Overview
- Lecture One
- Slide Presentation
- Critical Thinking: Where to Begin
- Introduction to Experiential Learning from Northeastern University Center for Advanced Teaching and Learning Through Research
- What Is Appreciative Inquiry?
- Appreciative Inquiry Video
- Writing Prompt
- Discussion One
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Module Two: State of Religious and Spiritual America
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- Module Two Overview
- Lecture Two
- Slide Presentation
- Pew Research Center's Religious Landscape Study
- Digital Ethics and the Future of Humans in a Connected World
- Theologies of the Digital
- Writing Prompts
- Discussion Two
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Module Three: Technology and Religion
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- Module Three Overview
- Lecture Three
- Slide Presentation
- Readings from "Digital Spirituality" Book
- The Internet's Impact on Religion and Spirituality
- Extending the Transhuman Person
- Writing Prompts
- Discussion Three
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Module Four: Digital Culture and Technology's Impacts on Religion and Spirituality
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- Module Four Overview
- Lecture Four
- Slide Presentation
- Readings from "Digital Spirituality" Book
- Supplementary Readings/Videos
- Tibetan Book of the Dead (Optional) eBook and Audiobook
- Writing Prompts
- Discussion Four
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Module Five: Prospect of the Digital Spiritual Afterlife
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- Module Five Overview
- Lecture Five
- Slide Presentation
- Readings from "Digital Spirituality" Book
- Eric Steinhart, 'Digital Ghosts'
- Eric Steinhart, 'Digital Theology'
- Writing Prompts
- Discussion Five
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Module Six: What Must Go Right and What Could Go Wrong
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- Module Overview
- Lecture Six
- Slide Presentation
- Readings from "Digital Spirituality" Book
- Societal and Ethical Issues of Digitization
- Religion in an Age of Technology
- The ACLU on Religious Freedom
- Writing Prompts
- Discussion Six
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Module Seven: Personal Integration and Application of What We Have Learned
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- Module Overview
- Lecture Seven
- Slide Presentation
- Images of Heaven and the Spiritual Afterlife Essay
- What's It Like in the Spirit World After We Die
- Lecture on Death and the Afterlife
- Writing Prompts
- Discussion Seven
- End of Course Survey