Abstract

This paper discusses the place of religious belief in the digital era. It shows that religious belief is still relevant as an ultimate question of our life regardless of the advancement of technology. However, this means that technology compatible with religious thoughts. This paper is divided as follows. The first part discusses the digital revolution as a philosophical challenge. Luciano Floridi calls the digital revolution or the Fourth Industrial Revolution a challenge since technological changes transform our understanding of the world and ourselves. This revolution gives rise to many philosophical topics. The second part discusses information and communications technologies (ICTs) and the device paradigm. Here we focus on Albert Borgmann’s view on ICTs as a device paradigm, how technology separates society, and how they constitute a different relation to reality. The third part discusses technology and vulnerability through the lens of Mark Coeckelbergh, who proposes that technology is a way to deal with existential risks and vulnerability. Technology is somewhat related to the existential aspect of human life. The fourth part discusses the status of religious beliefs in a technological society. Here we discuss how religions remain relevant to life in the digital era. The idea is that religion answers the question of the meaning of life without any appeal to a supernatural reality. We argue that technological changes do not need to undermine religious thought and that dependence on technology can lead to a misconception of religious belief. The final part concludes by considering possible objections and issues like cyber-worship and irreligious movements on social media.