Digital Communion (Nick Ripatrazone)

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Can our digitally mediated environment be spiritual? Nick Ripatrazone takes us through the lens of the Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan, focusing on his not well-known Catholic faith. McLuhan himself describes his testimony into the Church as, "I came in on my knees. That is the only way in." We discuss the topics around inter-textuality, the complexity of life, on form/function within mediums like poetry, concept/percept, ambiguity and paradox, and McLuhan's famous phrase "the medium is the message". (Recorded April 2022) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/communion

- Digital Communion (book)
- Nick's site

Sections:

[00:00] Layers of Language Meaning
[04:26] Bible as Hypertextual Medium
[08:47] Embracing the Messiness of Everything
[12:57] Incarnational Poetry
[17:41] 'Coming on my Knees'
[20:28] From Tech to Philosophy
[24:14] In Art, Faith is Perception
[30:42] Art as the Boundaries of Language
[33:20] Satan as a Great Electrical Engineer
[37:23] Authentic Religion is Full of Ambiguity
[39:52] What is Sin Really?
[42:34] Understanding McLuhan
[47:06] Living is Lengthening the Narrative

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