Deathly (De)Vices: Our Ever-Present Portals to Seven Ancient Sins - Paperback

by Dillon T. Thornton (Author)

Vainglory, envy, sloth, avarice, wrath, gluttony, and lust.



To study the seven deadly sins or capital vices is no novel endeavor. Vice lists like this one have circulated for centuries. But the innovations of today constitute a unique challenge. In this technocultural moment, most people have on their persons--nearly every waking second--a device that possesses great power, including the power to awaken the capital vices, to de-form people.



Christians young and old must come to think of technology in terms of spiritual formation. They are inclined to think that they shape technology, which, of course, is true. But it is also true that technology shapes them in return. Devices mimic Jesus' call to discipleship--"Abide in me, and I in you"--and the disciple of the lord called Digital will find that he or she is incrementally yet definitively fashioned into a new creation. But not every new creation is a pretty one.

Author Biography

Dillon T. Thornton has an MDiv from Beeson Divinity School and a PhD from University of Otago. He serves as the lead pastor of Faith Community Church in Seminole, Florida, and is a senior fellow of the Center for Pastor Theologians. Thornton has authored numerous articles and four books, including Give Them Jesus: Raising Our Children on the Core Truths of the Christian Faith (2018) and Long Story Short: Dwelling in the Good News of the Great Story (Wipf & Stock, 2022).