Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Research
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Way back four years ago, I posted the first part of what I thought would be a series on robots, artificial, and theology. I guess life got in the way of that but given I’m doing some writing on AI at the moment and that things like ChatGPT and Bard are all the rage, it’s…
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I’ve spent a bit of time today going through web links that have been archived in the “Research” folder this year. Here’s a selection of things related to various technological and transhumanist fronts.
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This time we’ll look at two comic-based films based on Japanese manga set on post-apocalyptic contexts. Firstly, Akira directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, set in a future Neo-Tokyo, and then, Alita: Battle Angel, set in a similar environment. Both of these, as well as a slew of other Japanese manga turned into film and television, del…
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A few years back I started thinking about the relationship between popular culture and contextual and public theologies. Firstly, how popular culture might serve as a site for doing contextual theology and, secondly, how popular culture might provide avenue for for public theological engagement. My initial thinking in this area can be found in the…
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Laura Moss writes a really helpful article on writing articles for academic journals and what things you can do to improve the overall experience for yourself, the editor(s), and the peer-reviewers. My advice here is aimed at scholars of all levels and not just emerging ones. We all need to work on finding optimal ways…
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Robots, religion and theology are back on my agenda, and seem to be cropping up increasingly in my social media feeds and email. It seems that religious communities have woken up firstly, to the fact that the creation of systems that appear intelligent might have implications for how we think about ourselves, our belief systems…
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James McGrath (ReligionProf) linked (via Facebook) through to this helpful guide to pitching a book to editors at a conference. Not just for Classical Studies. Blog: A Guide to Pitching Your Book at a Conference | Society for Classical Studies Some other sites with similar, helpful advice include: How To Pitch Your Book to an Editor at…
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A few more of the science fiction television influence in my preteen years. This time around we encounter invisible men and secret agents with superpowers. The Invisible Man (1975) This was my first encounter with the actor, David McCallum, having been a little two young to see him reprise his role as Russian agent, Illya…
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Clearing out some links relating to artificial intelligence from my browser bar. The Next Web – How will AI affect my faith and religion in general? A few lightweight reflections on AI in relation to religion The Conversation – Could an artificial intelligence be considered a person under the law? Interesting piece on how law in…
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Following on from Theological Science Fiction – Starting Points (Part 1) and Theology and Science Fiction here’s the second part of the starting points for theological science fiction. The Sparrow (1996) and The Children of God (1998) – Mary Doria Russell In the tradition of James’s Blish’s A Case of Conscience, these two novels feature a Jesuit expedition to the…