Virtual Lives Library

Download the entire Virtual Lives issue and the set of five Study Guides. Or, download individual pieces by clicking the titles below.

• Articles
"Curiosity and Smartphones," by Douglas V. Henry
"Technological Prudence: What the Amish Can Teach Us" by Kevin D. Miller
"Faithful Criticism of Popular Media Technologies," by Robert H. Woods Jr. and Paul D. Patton
"Religious Authority in the Age of the Internet," by Heidi A. Campbell and Paul Emerson Teusner
"Making Moral Choices in Video Games," by J. Cameron Moore

• Art
"The Field of Experience and Sensation," by Heidi J. Hornik, on Edward Hopper, New York Movie and Sunlight in a Cafeteria
"Prayer in a Fourth Dimension," by Heidi J. Hornik, on Salvador Dalí, Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus)

• Hymn and Worship Service
"Full of Love and Christian Virtue," by Ann Bell Worley
Worship Service by Ann Bell Worley

• Inspirational Piece
"Putting Ourselves Out There: Making Our Virtual Lives Virtuous," by Amy R. Grizzle Kane

• Book Reviews
"Living Virtuously in the Virtual Age," by Jason Byassee
• Craig Detweiler, ed., Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games with God
• John Palfrey and Urs Gasser, Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives
• Quentin J. Schultze, Habits of the High-Tech Heart

"Virtual Reality Comes to Church," by L. Roger Owens
• Douglas Estes, SimChurch: Being the Church in the Virtual World
• Shane Hipps, Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith
• Jesse Rice, The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community
• Quentin J. Schultze, High-Tech Worship? Using Presentational Technologies Wisely

• Study Guides and Lesson Plans (Download the set of five Study Guides)
• "Curiosity and Smartphones
• "Technological Prudence: What the Amish Can Teach Us"
• "Faithful Criticism of Popular Media Technologies"
• "Religious Authority in the Age of the Internet"
• "Making Moral Choices in Video Games"