#Rules_of_Engagement

8 Christian Habits for Being Good and Doing Good Online

by Ann M. Garrido

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Pub Date Feb 05 2021 | Archive Date Apr 23 2021

Ave Maria Press

Christian | Religion & Spirituality

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Do you behave on social media as the Christian you want to be? Are you dismayed at the often divisive and cruel exchanges you read online?

In #Rules_of_Engagement, Ann M. Garrido shares eight practical habits that will help you align your activity in the digital world with the call of the Gospel to be Christ’s presence in the world.

Popes Benedict and Francis have called upon Christians across the globe to embrace the internet as a new “digital continent” and think of it as mission territory, a place where we can—with careful thought and discipline—accomplish enormous good.

Even as we strive to be faithful to our Christian values, many of us still show up on social media and behave in ways unbecoming a follower of Jesus Christ. Rather than practicing compassion, truth, honesty, and communion online, we sometimes are mean-spirited, inflammatory, and untruthful. Garrido tackles the problem head-on by providing practical tools, theological guidance, and spiritual inspiration for being the person God wants you to be online.

Garrido offers eight practices, rooted in Catholic tradition and teaching, that will help you avoid doing harm, and instead equip you to be a force for good through your social media presence and activities:

· clarify your purpose

· know your sources

· understand bias

· value the person

· lead with curiosity

· talk about intent and impact

· privilege face-to-face encounter

· manage your energy

The book includes simple exercises to help you assess your social media behaviors and integrate Garrido's suggestions into your online communications as well as the opportunity to join a community of concerned Christians striving to live these habits.

Do you behave on social media as the Christian you want to be? Are you dismayed at the often divisive and cruel exchanges you read online?

In #Rules_of_Engagement, Ann M. Garrido shares eight...

A Note From the Publisher

Ann M. Garrido is associate professor of homiletics at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri, where she previously directed the school’s Doctorate of Ministry in Preaching program. Garrido has served as the Marten Faculty Fellow in Homiletics at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of seven books, including the award-winning Redeeming Administration, Redeeming Conflict, and Let’s Talk About Truth. She travels nationally and internationally helping communities discuss the topics they find toughest to talk about—conversations that always involve questions of truth.

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Ann M. Garrido is associate professor of homiletics at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri, where she previously directed the school’s Doctorate of Ministry in Preaching program...

Advance Praise

“This is a masterpiece of personal insight and pastoral practicality. It’s an ongoing examination of online consciousness about who we are on social media and a proposal for who we want to be in these digital spaces that are both profane Babels and sacred Basilicas.”
Sr. Rose Pacatte, F.S.P.
Founding Director
Pauline Center for Media Studies

“A long-needed book! While the moral sphere of the digital world is sometimes a perilous place for our souls, the internet also gives us opportunities to do good. Happily, Ann M. Garrido offers us ways to think about our responsibilities and shows us how to be good Christians while interacting online.”
Fr. James Martin, S.J.

“#Rules_of_Engagement is an excellent primer for Catholics new to social media and for those wanting to reboot how they behave there. A brief and substantive read, this book makes for a thorough, accessible, and informative exploration of online etiquette and Christian ethics.”
Mary Pezzulo
Creator of Steel Magnificat
Author of Stumbling into Grace

“Ann M. Garrido helps us probe difficult and essential questions of Christian identity, core values, and social media presence. Her reflective exercises and suggested habits provide practical, concrete tools for helping us navigate this often treacherous terrain and make choices that reflect our best, authentic selves. It is accessible and relatable. I can't wait to use this for myself and with my students!”
Sandra Derby
Theology teacher and coordinator of Liturgy
St. Agnes Academy
Houston, Texas

“Exploring online interactions through the lens of the Church’s teaching on the dignity of the person and our call to truth, as well as drawing on contemporary papal pronouncements, Ann M. Garrido’s excellent book proves an invaluable tool for navigating the digital continent that is now part of the mission fields for the new evangelization.”
Fr. Harrison Ayre
Cohost of Clerically Speaking
Pastor of St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church
Nanaimo, British Columbia

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Kirstie M, Reviewer

Great tips on how to conduct oneself on social media applicable to anyone, not just Christians. I’m not an active or daily social media user, yet I highlighted several passages as a reminder to myself. There is even a section where readers are encouraged to create their own personal social media purpose statement! How cool of an idea is that? This book provides you with the knowledge and tools to govern yourself accordingly on social media. It will also make you give serious thought to your online behavior and most of all your purpose for engaging on social media.

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Lisa S, Reviewer

Have you ever kept arguing with people on social media, or used it too much? I have done both. I kept 'engaging' with a group of people who kept arguing with me, at one stage. Eventually, I stopped, and told them that I had had enough of it, but some of them still kept on! Ann M. Garrido will help you stop making these kinds of mistakes on SM and think more carefully about why and how you use it.

First, she wants you to write a Mission Statement which would help you clarify your purpose in using your social media. It is also important to prioritise face-to-face meetings, although that can be hard these days. She gives other useful tips as well, making this an excellent book if you want to use social media in a better way.

I received this free ebook from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

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Maria G, Reviewer

If you've ever wanted to know how best to deal with the online universe, you might want to invest in a new book that provides guidance on how to engage effectively on social media.

#Rules_of_Engagement: 8 Christian Habits for Being Good and Doing Good Online is a wonderful resource for the times in which we live. If you've ever gotten into an argument online, this is the book for you. Author Ann M. Garrido offers expertise on everything from Internet etiquette to combating Internet addiction.

And she has plenty of solid research available to back up her contentions. If you have ever sought out the Sacrament of Reconciliation for a transgression committed online, you will want to have this book readily available. Garrido coaches readers on how to conduct themselves as authentic Christians when they are on their iPhones, tablets, on laptops.

Reading this guidebook made me re-examine my online behavior and, I hope, will make me better equipped at spreading God's love online.