The Church in Cyberspace

The Coming Impact of the Computer on the Church

By James R. Hughes

For Andrew, Aletha, Jotham, Timothy, Ryan and Jennifer. You will see God work.

Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. The Textbook of History
   • Indulging in Print
   • Vernacular Society
   • The Press of Politics
   • The Printed Word
3. Computer Revolution
   • Expected Revolution
   • Silicon Saviour
   • The Missing Revolution
   • Projected Revolution
4. Highways in the Sky
   • The Telephone Connection
   • Plug Compatible
   • Electronic Mail
   • Homeward Bound
   • Mount Ebal
   • Mount Gerizim
     • Keeping in Touch
     • The Open Road
5. Broadcast or Narrowcast?
   • Message on Medium
   • Paperless Society
   • The Wittenberg Door
   • Mount Ebal
   • Mount Gerizim
6. A Twenty-First Century Pentecost
   • Tongues of Babel
   • Ears of Tin
   • Simultaneous Translation
   • Wizards and Drones
   • Mount Ebal
   • Mount Gerizim
7. Information Implosion
   • Angels on the Head of a Pin
   • Digital Documents
     • Hypertext
     • Square Pegs in Square Holes
     • Hypermedia Navigation
   • Econosis
   • Electronic Alexandria
   • Mount Ebal
   • Mount Gerizim
8. At the Feet of the Rabbi
   • The Senile Rabbi
   • The Sixty-Four-Thousand-Meter Question
   • The Computer as Tutor
   • CAI Anxiety Syndrome
   • Putting In the Beef
   • Mount Ebal
   • Mount Gerizim
9. A Rumble of Thunder
   • Dominion of the Machine?
   • Ring Liberty's Bell
   • Offer Meaning
   • Offer Love
   • Challenge the Age
   • Be Men of Issachar
   • Control Technology

Copyright © 1997, James R. Hughes. All rights reserved.