Digital Communion (Nick Ripatrazone)

Can our digitally mediated environment be spiritual? Nick Ripatrazone takes us through the lens of the Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan, focusing on his not well-known Catholic faith. McLuhan himself describes his testimony into the Church as, "I came in on my knees. That is the only way in." We discuss the topics around intertextuality, the complexity of life, on form/function within mediums like poetry, concept/percept, ambuigity and paradox, and McLuhan's famous phrase "the medium is the message". (Recorded April 2022) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/communion

- Digital Communion (book)
- Nick's site

Sections:

• [00:00] Layers of Language Meaning
• [04:26] Bible as Hypertextual Medium
• [08:47] Embracing the Messiness of Everything
• [12:57] Incarnational Poetry
• [17:41] 'Coming on my Knees'
• [20:28] From Tech to Philosophy
• [24:14] In Art, Faith is Perception
• [30:42] Art as the Boundaries of Language
• [33:20] Satan as a Great Electrical Engineer
• [37:23] Authentic Religion is Full of Ambiguity
• [39:52] What is Sin Really?
• [42:34] Understanding McLuhan
• [47:06] Living is Lengthening the Narrative

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