social media

Digital Liturgies, by Samuel D. James argues that the internet isn’t just a neutral tool delivering content, but a formative environment that reshapes how we think, feel, and believe through habitual practices beneath our conscious awareness. Drawing on neuroscience, theology, and media ecology, James identifies five “digital liturgies”—authenticity, outrage, shame, consumption, and meaninglessness—that train our hearts away from biblical wisdom, not through explicit doctrine but through the repeated rhythms of scrolling, curating, and consuming. The book challenges Christians to recognize that faithful living in the digital age requires more than content filtering; it demands theological discernment about the environments we inhabit and counter-liturgies of embodied presence that can reshape our desires toward Christ.