1 Digital Theological Anthropology: Pornography, Digital Self and Embodiment A person is like a fish that swims and lives in the vast ocean cultivated by the digital age. Digital theologian Heidi Campbell states, “As digital and social media have increasingly become a part of our daily routines, many aspects of our lives take place both in embodied and digitally mediated spaces…. Our lives are a series of online, offline, and integrated encounters.” 1 However, digital technology “is a double-edged sword.” 2 Kate Ott posits, “Digital technologies alter how we express and practice our sexuality, including the way we meet people, communicate with partners, and engage in sexual behavior.” 3 Further, Ott connects, “Related to sexuality, no other aspect has been more revolutionized by digital technology than pornography.” 4 This paper aims to present Ott’s view—a middle ground between the extremes of high and low theological anthropologies—of human embodiment in relation to the digital self and pornography. Moreover, Ott’s views interact with Timothy Tennent’s For the Body, Kelly Kapic’s You’re Only Human, and Daniel Darling’s The Dignity Revolution in this paper. 5 1 Heidi Campbell and Wendi Bellar, Digital Religion: The Basics (NY: Routledge, 2023), 53. Cf. Christopher Helland, “Ritual,” Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practices in New Media Worlds, ed. Heidi A. Campbell (New York: Routledge, 2013), 25. 2 John Fesko, The Christian and Technology (Wyoming, MI: EP Books, 2020), vii. 3 Kate Ott, Sex, Tech, and Faith: Ethics for a Digital Age (Grand Rapids, MI: William Eerdmans, 2022), 1. 4 Ott, Sex, Tech, and Faith, 19; henceforth STF. 5 Timothy C. Tennent, For the Body: Recovering a Theology of Gender, Sexuality, and the Human Body (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2020); Kelly M. Kapic, You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That’s Good News (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2022); Daniel Darling, The Dignity Revolution: Reclaiming God’s Rich Vision for Humanity (Epsom, EK: The Good Book, 2018).