is a review of Sherry Turkle's new book, . In the words of , "It's kinda depressing.": "As Ms. Turkle sees it, online life tends to promote more superficial, emotionally lazy relationships, as people are 'drawn to connections that seem low risk and always at hand.' This tendency to treat other people as objects that can be quickly discarded, she says, is embodied at its most extreme by the social Web site Chatroulette, 'which randomly connects you to other users all over the world'"
As part of my course work at Luther Seminary in the program, I was required to write a "Theological Foundation Statement for Ministry with Youth". The process of writing the paper provided the chance for me to codify many of the thoughts that have been rumbling around in my head for the last few years (years!).
Anyway, I realized that the authors and works cited in the paper is, well, interesting. These are some strange bedfellows, to be sure. Peruse the list and draw your own conclusions.
JakeBouma.com is a weblog maintained since 2005 by Jake Bouma, an ecclesial junkie and (imprudently) aspiring polymath who was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.
