Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Science, Technology & Religion
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Off tomorrow to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion being held this year in Montreal. I’m presenting a paper at the Transhumanism and Religion Consultation titled “Image-bearing Cyborgs? Hybridity and Hope in the Landscapes of Transhumanism”. I’m still trying to reduce my finished paper in size. Still too long, but if I…
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Heidi Campbell & Mia Løvheim have put out a call for papers for a special issue of Information, Communication & Society on Religion and the Internet: The Online-Offline Connection, which is also linked in with the 2010 Conference on Media, Religion, and Culture in Toronto (on my wish list to get to next year). In…
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Brief video/text article on religion in Second Life. See September 18, 2009 ~ Second Life | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
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In the manner of many examination and essay questions… Compare and contrast the perspectives of each of these people: Next-Wave Ezine – There Is NO Virtual Ecclesia by Bob Hyatt. The various articles by Mark Brown at: Articles for download at Brownblog, and especially: The Bible in the Digital Space Christian Ministry in a Technological…
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I’m probably going to pick up a copy of the book Global Perspectives on Science and Spirituality edited by Pranab Das, but am somewhat disappointed by the perception of global in it. While the authors represent a range of non Anglo-American voices, most (all?) the authors are still in a predominantly northern hemisphere axis. Where…
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A bunch of links to religion (esp. Christianity) and transhumanism can be found at this recent posting on the Sentient Developments blog. See Sentient Developments: J. Hughes: Radical Life Extension, Transhumanism and Catholicism.
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Back in 2006 (Greenflame · e-Monks doing e-Business) the monks with the laser printer supplies business were making a minor splash. Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly pick up the story some three years on from there over at September 11, 2009 ~ Laser Monks | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.
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A couple of interesting links in the Washington Post relating to the ‘Religion’ field in Facebook profiles. See Facebook’s Religion Question Prompts Soul-Searching – washingtonpost.com and Facing Their Faith – washingtonpost.com. Related link: In Google we trust: our new faith | Stuff.co.nz
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Digital Faith Exploring the contours of faith in our digital world How do the Christian faith and the Internet impact upon each other? What place might the Bible have in our digital world? Come and join us as our panel of expert speakers engage with these topics and others relating to issues of faith in…
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A few bits and pieces related to science and religion from the net this week: Are Public S&R Discussions Irrelevant? – Science and Religion Today The Vision Lives On – Science and the Sacred Sean Carroll’s Handy Grid – Science and Religion Today