Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Science, Technology & Religion
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A while back I put together a short piece for the Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies Scholar’s Top 5 series. Scholar’s Top 5: Stephen Garner on Technological Narratives of Salvation | Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies. Related to that is the recent post by transhumanist George Dvorsky…
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A recent list of some blogs focusing on church technology – may get my religion and media class to have a look at them in a week or two’s time. ChurchMag’s 2012 Top 20 Church Technology Blogs | ChurchMag
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Short piece asking questions about the questions polls use when surveying views on religion and evolution. See Evolving Gallup’s Poll on Evolution.
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The podcast of Stephen May’s TANSA talk “Modernism and posthumanity in science fiction: the case of Iain M. Banks” from last Friday is now available at http://archive.org/details/NotPostmodernismButPosthumanityIainM.BanksScienceFictionAnd.
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Special TANSA meeting on Friday April 13th Modernism and posthumanity in science fiction: the case of Iain M. Banks Speaker is Dr. Stephen May, formerly of St Johns College, back from the UK Laidlaw College, at 7pm Please RSVP to Nicola Hoggard Creegan (NicolaHC [at] laidlaw [dot] ac [dot] nz) if you are coming for…
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Interesting snippet about how one’s own perception and manifestation of characteristics associated with a role might be enhanced by wearing clothes associated with those roles. Snippet is here: How Important Might It Be for Religious Leaders to Wear Symbolic Garments? – Science and Religion Today Links through to: The Brain-Focusing Power of the Lab Coat…
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A new magazine – God and Nature – seeks to engage with science & religion from a literary perspective. The magazine is a joint venture between the American Scientific Affiliation (US) and Christians in Science (UK mostly).
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New website for those interested in the intersections between media, religion and digital culture Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies From the blurb on the web site: The Network is designed for scholars, students and those interested in exploring topics and questions emerging at the intersections of religion, the internet and new,…
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It’s been a while since anything related to religion and transhumanism passed across my radar (or I’ve been working on other things and just haven’t been paying attention). However, here’s a recent interview on Changesurfer Radio where James Hughes interviews Brent Waters about his slant on Christianity and Transhumanism. See: Do Christians Need Bodies?. Hat…
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From the religion and media file: AFP: Hajj being live-streamed on YouTube.