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Title: At the Interface: Theology and Virtual Reality
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New Book: At the Interface: Theology and Virtual Reality Silver Spring, MD (June 18, 2004) - The latest book written by Sister Timothy Prokes, FSE, Ph.D, entitled At the Interface: Theology and Virtual Reality, has been published by Fenestra Books. The work treats the effect of virtual reality on our lives and perceptions. “It is unlikely that it would be possible to find another treatment of ‘The Theological Implications of Virtual Reality.' The subject, however, is of great importance,” says Archbishop John P. Foley, President, Pontifical Council for Social Communications at the Vatican. Mary Shivanandan, Professor of Theology, John Paul II Institute for the Study of Marriage and Family at the Catholic University of America, comments, “Mary Timothy Prokes casts a discerning theological eye on such apparently disparate topics as artificial foods, biotechnologies and computer-generated images. Finding the presence or absence of the human body as the link between them, she shows how virtual reality poses grave dangers to the integrity of the human person and the Eucharist. Her book is both timely and provocative.” The publisher writes, "What are the central issues for faith and theology in the opening decade of the Third Christian Millennium? At the Interface: Theology and Virtual Reality addresses virtual reality as a prime sign of our times and explores its meaning and the basic reasons why it presents urgent issues for Catholic faith and theological study. Currently no 'sign of the times' requires greater attention from the Church and contemporary theologians than the rapidly developing complex of events termed as virtual reality. It is vital to see how aspects of the virtual touch upon such fundamental realities as enduring truth, freedom and continuity of meaning, as well as presence and absence." Persons interested in ordering At the Interface: Theology and Virtual Reality may do so by contacting Fenestra Books or Wheatmark Bookstore, Ingram Book Company, amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.com. Sister Timothy is also the author of “How Does the Immaculate Conception Relate to Every Human Conception?”, a paper from the International Mariological Symposium in honor of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. The paper is now published in The Immaculate Conception in the Life of the Church, ed. Donald H. Calloway, MIC, Marian Press, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 2004. Sister Timothy is a well-known author and lecturer and a professor of theology at the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College in Alexandria, Virginia. |
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