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Tag: isolation

  • Social networking under fresh attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US

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    Guardian: Social networking under fresh attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US Twitter and Facebook don't connect people – they isolate them from reality, say a rising number of academics. The way in which people frantically communicate online via Twitter, Facebook and instant messaging can be seen as a form of modern madness, according to…

  • When pastors’ silent suffering turns tragic

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    RNS: When pastors’ silent suffering turns tragic HICKORY, N.C. (RNS) What kind of personal pain would cause a 42-year-old pastor to abandon his family, his calling and even life itself? Members of a Baptist church here are asking that question after their pastor committed suicide in his parked car in September. Those who counsel pastors…

  • Entertainment and the Suburban Condition

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    Theopraxis (Scott Berkhimer): Entertainment and the Suburban Condition …But my concern is specifically with the way in which electronic media interact with suburban culture. I'm convinced that there is a reciprocal relationship between the isolating effects of suburban geography, the counter-competent effects of chronic outsourcing, and the demotivating effects of electronic entertainment. Put simply –…