Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Science, Technology & Religion
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New books on the bookshelf from the past couple of week authored and edited by friends and colleagues (two of which were free copies arriving in the mail yesterday and today). First up Spiritual Complaint: The Theology and Practice of Lament edited by Miriam Bier and Tim Bulkeley which came out of an interdisciplinary colloquium…
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Slides from Dr Bex Lewis’ presentation ‘Engaging in Digital Discipleship’ at the Global Network for Public Theology 2013 meeting. http://www.slideshare.net/drbexl/word-worlddiscipleshipdigitalage
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Looks interesting – for a chance to look at the syllabus for the course if nothing else. See: Online course on science and religion at the University of Alberta. HT – http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2013/08/study-religion-and-science-with-denis-lamoureux.html
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Call for Papers – Symposium on Theology, Spirituality and Cancer School of Theology, Faculty of Arts, The University of Auckland and Laidlaw College, Auckland 20-21 February, 2014 at the University of Auckland (City Campus) The Theology, Spirituality and Cancer symposium is an interdisciplinary meeting exploring dialogue between theological including biblical, religious, philosophical, spiritual, healthcare and pastoral…
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Selwyn Centre for Ageing and Spirituality one-day conference Dates: 6 September 2013, 9.30 am – 4 pm Place: Tamaki Campus – University of Auckland, 261 Morrin Rd, St Johns, Auckland From their website: As we age, and especially as we become frailer and face death, spiritual issues – about the meaning and purpose of our…
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In their paper “Genetically Modified Theology: The Religious Dimensions of Public Concerns About Agricultural Biotechnology” Celia Deane-Drummond, Robin Grove-White, and Bronislaw Szerszynski talk about the way different groups of people – including scientists, politicians, and everyday people on the street – talk about biotechnology (as well as other technological developments). This creates environments where technology,…
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Okay, so the list of posts and articles about papal tweeting started to gather momentum before being derailed in the past couple of weeks. However, it appears while the current pontiff will stop twittering the @pontifex channel will remain available for future popes. See What happens to @pontifex after Papal resignation?. And here’s a bunch…
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Related to the last two posts, here’s a short video by Denis Alexander of the Faraday Institute on two reasons Christians have underdeveloped theologies of creation. See: Denis Alexander on Understanding Creation Theology | The BioLogos Forum.
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Interesting survey on science, religion and origins out of MIT/Boston University over at The MIT Survey on Science, Religion and Origins: the Belief Gap . The opening paragraph on the web page with the survey (and PDF version of the longer paper) says: We present a detailed survey of how different US faith communities view…
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A post I wrote last week for the School of Theology blog (Auckland Theology, Biblical Studies, et al.). See Science, Religion, Media & God (Part 1) | Auckland Theology, Biblical Studies, et al. Science, Religion, Media & God (Part 1) Science and religion are often portrayed in conflict with each other. In one corner we…