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The virtual world created by the phonograph has changed not only music but also our lives as persons and communities. REFERENCES How the Phonograph Changed Music Forever Much like streaming music services today are reshaping our relationship with music, Edison’s invention redefined the entire industry. Clive Thompson is author of Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better and Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World. He is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and Wired.  The Walkman’s Invention 40 Years Ago Launched a Cultural Revolution In 1979, the new device forever changed the way we listened to music History of the Record Industry, 1920— 1950s

Virtual and Physical Worship Incorporating the Electronic Revolution In the past Christianity has flourished in large part because it incorporated two revolutions in the use of paper.  The first was using the codex rather than the papyrus form of manuscripts. The book form provided longer manuscripts making the modern bible possible and easier access to the pages of a manuscript. Christian communities as well as Jewish communities became connected by written as well as oral communication.   The greater flexibility of the codex allowed Christian communities to exist as household assembles rather than being limited to synagogues with their rolls of papyrus.  The second revolution was the printed book that allowed the mass production of bibles, liturgical books and universal literacy. Each individual Christian could read the bible, and pray with their own prayer books such psalters, breviaries and missals. Currently Christianity is challenged by the electronic revolu...