New Evangelization, New Technologies. Evangelization in the Digital Age
Abstract
In the Industrial Revolution, the steam engine was the main technical means of production and the underlying paradigm was mechanics. The contemporary model of production is electronically manipulated, processed and encoded information.Cultural change, essentially marked by information technology and communications, is not accidental, something which only touches man peripherally. The mutations that are the direct result of technological development have an effect on the person, on all persons, institutions, on the dynamics of dialogue, on families and communities, on how we educate, changing the way we think, feel, see and interact with reality, with others and with God. We must take into account man’s new reality so we can continue to transmit the truth about man and the Gospel message to people today, using this new language, this new way of thinking and of seeing the world, life and history. This new culture is not simply an acquisition of technology, but real cultural change. Like the Apostles in the very beginning, we too are at the beginning of a “new history”; like them, we are custodians of the Lord’s missionary command, missionaries of “the Digital Culture”. A la Revolució Industrial, el mitjà tècnic central era la màquina a vapor i el paradigma subjacent era mecanicista. El model en l’era digital és la informació, electrònicament manipulada i processada. El canvi cultural, essencialment marcat per les tecnologies de la informació i la comunicació, no és una cosa accidental, que toca a l’home només de manera tangencial. Les mutacions, que resulten del desenvolupament tecnològic, actuen sobre la persona, les institucions, els dinamismes de diàleg, la configuració de les famílies, les comunitats i l’educació, i canvien la manera de pensar, de sentir, de veure i d’interaccionar amb la realitat, amb els altres i amb Déu. Cal tenir en compte la nova realitat de l’home per continuar transmetent la veritat de l’home i l’Evangeli a l’home d’avui, amb el seu nou llenguatge i manera de pensar i de concebre el món, la vida i la història. La nova cultura no és una simple adquisició de tecnologies, sinó un veritable canvi cultural.Com els apòstols a l’inici, també nosaltres avui ens trobem com a l’inici d’una “nova història”; aleshores, com ells, som dipositaris del mandat missioner del Senyor, missioners de la “cultura digital”.Downloads
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