Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture and faith from the Antipodes.
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Some recent links from around the net relating to religion online / online religion:
As someone who loves maps this looks cool. The ability to slide through time for different cities by making different layers appear. See HyperCities. (And there’s a write up on it over at Historical Map Mashups Turn Cities Into Glass Onions of Time - Webmonkey)
This looks interesting. I’ve been looking for some material to adapt/use for a short-term, small study group and this might fit the bill. See
Plan Be - we can be the change.
Hat tip to: Pacific Highlander Duncan MacLeod over at PostKiwi - Blessed are the Poor in Spirit.
There’s also a Facebook group: Facebook | Plan Be - Be the change you want to see in the world.
Hat tip to When Religion Meets New Media: Patheo and Religion Online“>Heidi Campbell for pointing out the current focus on online religion over at www.patheos.com - Public Square - Religion on the Web.
A couple of Star Trek links. Pondering when to go myself.
One of the things I’ve done over the past few years is talk in seminars etc. about how faith and technology might relate - focusing on how technology is as much our environment as ‘things’ we make and use. The conversation often takes the turn that talks about how one might use something like a cellphone to build community or if they have become ‘idols’. There is little or no discussion about whether possessing one might have implicated yourself in an injustice and make the world a somewhat worse place. Is there the blood of others on my cellphone?
This article picks up on some of that concern (and a topic that one person did actually raise at one talk, which surprised me). See The blood diamonds of gadgets - technology | Stuff.co.nz.
An interesting short story giving a spin on Superman. See Last Son of Tomorrow by Greg Van Eekhout.
I appreciated this recent piece by Brian Walsh on people wrestling with death being, perhaps, a descent into darkness. See The Banner - Comforted in the Darkness.
(As an aside, the whole death as a descent into darkness features heavily in Torchwood (both TV and the novels). Perhaps we’ve turn the corner from TV shows about angels and light towards a more pessimistic view?)
Two new web sites related to Science and Religion hit the net recently.
The first is The BioLogos Foundation, set up by Francis Collins, aims to bring science and religion into harmony.
The second is the International Society for Science and Religion, which has updated its web site to a new site with all sorts of science and religion related material.
