Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Research
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Just had word that Transhumanism and Transcendence edited by Ron Cole-Turner is now being displayed on the Georgetown University Press web site. Looking forward to getting a copy later in the year.
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Clearing out random saved links from the web browser and came across these related posts: Experimental Theology: How Facebook Killed the Church Why Millennials are leaving church … you won’t believe this | Jesus Creed
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Hat tip to Heidi Campbell for this conference announcement. International Conference on Digital Religion 2012 The Center for Media, Religion, and Culture at the University of Colorado-Boulder has announced an International Conference on Digital Religion, to be held 12-15 January 2012 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. ‘Digital Religion” today includes a myriad of examples: an evangelical…
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2011 ANZCA Conference Communication on the edge: Shifting boundaries and identities Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) 2011 Conference The University of Waikato, Hamilton, 6-8 July 2011 The Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) conference will be hosted by the Department of Management Communication and the Screen and Media Studies Programme at The…
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Missed this when it came out last year – an issue of the Princeton Theological Review oriented around the theme of ‘The Church after Google’. You can get a list of all the past issues here (with download links). Or just download Issue 43 (Fall 2010) The Church after Google directly (PDF). Content of issue:…
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The Church of Scotland’s Society, Religion and Technology Project celebrated recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. There’s a booklet detailing that history available here: SRT@ 40 : A short history of the Society, Religion & Technology Project 1970?2010 (PDF) There also an interesting report on Synthetic Biology there too.
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Jennifer over at Rude Truth takes a look at the brief article on theology and “The Walking Dead” (Toward a Zombie Theology | Religion Dispatches), and argues that a cyborg theology, rather than a zombie one might be a better approach. See rude truth: toward a zombie cyborg theology Appears angels and zombies are the…
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Hat tip to Philip Culbertson for this link to Random links – Religiously-themed video game edition (Episcopal Cafe). I’d seen most of these but didn’t know about Priestville or the dance mat.
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The Sydney Morning Herald (and associated Fairfax sites) carried this piece (Pray… in 255 characters or fewer) about the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart and the online Mary MacKillop Prayer Space they’ve set up (which is part of a larger Saint Mary MacKillop site).
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Annalee Newitz on why technological change always bring unexpected (and potentially negative) consequences, in spite of the optimistic narratives woven about technological progression. Here she comments on the optimism of the singularitists: Why the Singularity isn’t going to happen All I’m saying is that if you’re looking for a narrative that explains the future, consider…