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From screens to souls : the possibilities and limits of digital spirituality
ID Celarc, Matjaž (Author)

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Abstract
In an increasingly digitized world, spirituality is no longer confined to physical gatherings. Virtual liturgies, prayer apps, online communities, and digital retreats now offer unprecedented accessibility and resonance. These platforms can extend sacred space and sustain connection, yet they also risk enclosing believers within curated environments that privilege immediacy, emotional gratification, and algorithmic mediation.This article examines the phenomenon of digital spirituality through the lens of theological anthropology, especially the vision of the human person as ima-go Dei—embodied, relational, and called to communion. Insights from neuro-science and psychology show how digital technologies stimulate reward and bonding systems, generating the sensation of connection. But without embodied presence and mutual vulnerability, such experiences often lack the depth needed for lasting transformation. Digital spirituality thus reveals both its promise and its peril. It can serve as a supplement to religious life, offering new avenues of access and reflection, but it also carries hidden risks of commodification, superficiality, and addiction. Authentic spiritual maturity cannot be reduced to the passive consumption of digital content. It requires embodied, accountable relationships in which digital tools may serve as companions—but never substitutes—on the journey toward communion with God and one another.

Language:English
Keywords:digital spirituality, imago Dei, embodiment, behavioural addiction, sacred space
Work type:Article
Typology:1.02 - Review Article
Organization:TEOF - Theological Faculty
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:15.07.2026
Year:2026
Number of pages:Str. 115-129
Numbering:Letn. 86, [št.] 1
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-185493 This link opens in a new window
UDC:2-584:004.9
ISSN on article:0006-5722
DOI:10.34291/BV2026/01/Celarc This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:285206019 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:06.08.2026
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Title:Bogoslovni vestnik
Shortened title:Bogosl. vestn.
Publisher:Bogoslovna akademija, Bogoslovna akademija, Teološka fakulteta v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
ISSN:0006-5722
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Od zaslonov do duš : možnosti in omejitve digitalne duhovnosti
Abstract:
V vse bolj digitaliziranem svetu duhovnost ni več omejena zgolj na fizična srečanja. Virtualna liturgija, aplikacije za molitev, spletne skupnosti in digitalne duhovne vaje danes ponujajo doslej neznano dostopnost in odmevnost. Platforme sveti prostor širijo na dostopen način in ohranjajo povezave, pri čemer pa obstaja tudi nevarnost, da vernike zaprejo v skrbno oblikovana okolja, ki dajejo prednost takojšnjosti, čustvenemu zadovoljstvu in algoritmičnemu posredovanju vsebin.Članek fenomen digitalne duhovnosti preučuje skozi prizmo teološke antropo-logije, zlasti vizije človeka kot imago Dei – utelešenega, odnosnega in k občestvu poklicanega bitja. Spoznanja iz nevroznanosti in psihologije kažejo, da digitalne tehnologije za ustvarjanje občutka povezanosti spodbujajo sisteme nagrajeva-nja in povezovanja. A brez dejanske prisotnosti in medsebojne ranljivosti takim izkušnjam pogosto primanjkuje globine, potrebne za trajno preobrazbo.Digitalna duhovnost razkriva tako svoje obete kot tudi nevarnosti. Lahko služi kot dopolnilo verskemu življenju in ponuja nove poti ter razmišljanja, vendar pa v sebi skriva tudi tveganje za komodifikacijo, površnost in zasvojenost – pra-ve duhovne zrelosti pa ni mogoče zreducirati na pasivno uživanje digitalnih vsebin. Zahteva namreč utelešene, odgovorne odnose, v katerih lahko digitalna orodja na poti k občestvu z Bogom in drug z drugim služijo kot spremljevalci – nikoli pa ne kot nadomestki.

Keywords:digitalna duhovnost, imago Dei, utelešenje, vedenjska odvisnost, sveti prostor

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