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The Internet Sells Your Prayers

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Samuel D. James
Feb 15, 2022
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Today I have a new post at First Things on a disturbing investigation into Silicon Valley’s monetization of people’s online prayer requests. Here’s an excerpt:

The selling of user data in a prayer app is a wonderfully concise illustration of what emerges victorious when e-commerce and piety collide. By contrast, the economic logic of a physical church i…

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