Bishop, the Mullah, and the Smartphone

Introduction to Change and Disruption

Not so long ago the world resisted change, often using religious-reasoning. Small wonder--the printing press, a sixteenth century disruptive device, split Christianity. Now the globe welcomes digital disruption, even praising it as a solution for faltering economies.

Religion and Information

Religions don’t have much choice but to follow, because information is a prime asset of faith. Believers treasure and reframe their past, and present. However, both old and current data is now available in huge quantities, visually and instantly.

Modern Spiritual Guidance and Internet Influence

Movies provide more spiritual guidance than holy texts, and terror merchants use the uncontrollable Internet to gain hearts and minds. Nevertheless a turbulent re-mythologization of adherents towards peaceful versions of their belief can be tracked.

Positive Actions in a Changing World

There are positive things we can all do to help, which is just as well in a world that suggests only political acts count.