Achtung Baby: How to Live in an Age of Distraction
byWhen a monk asks you a question, it’s generally wise to listen. I learned this lesson on my annual silent retreat at the monastery…
Technology
Earthed To The Unearthly: Two New Poems
byEditor’s Note: Transpositions is delighted to offer two unpublished sonnets by our friend and supporter, the poet and author, Malcolm Guite, who has just…
Theology of Technology: Apple’s ‘I’
byProposition: all of life is doxological response and everything to which we put our hands reflects our beliefs. And Apple products are no different….
The Virtual Iconostasis
byFifteen years into the 21st century, the once definitive line between screen and world, both topographically and ontologically, is rapidly diffusing. Legitimate virtual reality—something…
Picture Perfect
by“I need—no, I have the right—to be unlimited.” This curious claim comes from a recent Sprint commercial for the iPhone 5. The title: “I…
Getting Groovy: The Return of Analog
byThere’s a trend afoot. More and more millennials, among others, are opting to listen to their music the old-fashioned way: on cassettes and on…
Lent, Facebook and Desire
byAre you giving up Facebook for Lent? Lots of people are doing it. In a 2012 survey published on Christianity Today and generated using Twitter,…