Wikiklesia - Voices of the Virtual World
- Posted by scott on June 11th, 2007 filed in blog, scholarship, theology of web 2.0
About a month ago, I submitted a proposal to write a chapter for a collaborative publishing experiment called Wikiklesia: Voices of the Virtual World, edited by John La Grou and Len Hjalmarson. I’ll be sending the piece off tomorrrow, followed by an audio reading in about a week. Other authors include Doug Pagitt, Scot McKnight, Andrews Jones and Perriman, Peter Rollins, and fellow web-dev Drew Goodmanson. Here’s some info on the project:
In this volume, we hear from a wide range of voices, including bloggers and students, technologists and theologians, entrepreneurs and pastors… from a progressive Episcopalian tecnho-monk to a leading Mennonite professor… from a tech-savvy mobile missionary to a corporate anthropologist whom Worth Magazine called “one of Wall Street’s 25 Smartest Players.” Voices promises to be a far reaching exploration of spiritual journey contextualized within a culture of increasingly immersive technology.
My essay is called A Networked E(-)cclesia - “Connecting the Church to Itself: Theory, Thoughts, and Tools.” In it, I draw together network theory, a little theology, and a few emerging technologies to sketch out a deep e(-)cclesiology that recognizes the fundamental unity of the church across temporal, cultural, ideological, and mediated boundaries. Toward the end, I let the web developer in me dream about the implications of a networked ecclesiology and how its virtual aspects might shape physical expressions of church, especially in the context of an open source project I’m co-developing with Imago Dei called “Sunago” (more on this shortly).
I would publish the essay here, but submissions are exclusive to the project for one year. Profits go to support the Not For Sale campaign to end human trafficking. More info when the e-book + audio is available at Amazon - from what I hear, other authors are cooking up some great ideas! I highly recommend checking it out.
Thanks to Ryan Imel for prodding me to contribute to the project.
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Wikiklesia - Voices of the Virtual World
- Posted by scott on June 11th, 2007 filed in blog, scholarship, theology of web 2.0
About a month ago, I submitted a proposal to write a chapter for a collaborative publishing experiment called Wikiklesia: Voices of the Virtual World, edited by John La Grou and Len Hjalmarson. I’ll be sending the piece off tomorrrow, followed by an audio reading in about a week. Other authors include Doug Pagitt, Scot McKnight, Andrews Jones and Perriman, Peter Rollins, and fellow web-dev Drew Goodmanson. Here’s some info on the project:
In this volume, we hear from a wide range of voices, including bloggers and students, technologists and theologians, entrepreneurs and pastors… from a progressive Episcopalian tecnho-monk to a leading Mennonite professor… from a tech-savvy mobile missionary to a corporate anthropologist whom Worth Magazine called “one of Wall Street’s 25 Smartest Players.” Voices promises to be a far reaching exploration of spiritual journey contextualized within a culture of increasingly immersive technology.
My essay is called A Networked E(-)cclesia - “Connecting the Church to Itself: Theory, Thoughts, and Tools.” In it, I draw together network theory, a little theology, and a few emerging technologies to sketch out a deep e(-)cclesiology that recognizes the fundamental unity of the church across temporal, cultural, ideological, and mediated boundaries. Toward the end, I let the web developer in me dream about the implications of a networked ecclesiology and how its virtual aspects might shape physical expressions of church, especially in the context of an open source project I’m co-developing with Imago Dei called “Sunago” (more on this shortly).
I would publish the essay here, but submissions are exclusive to the project for one year. Profits go to support the Not For Sale campaign to end human trafficking. More info when the e-book + audio is available at Amazon - from what I hear, other authors are cooking up some great ideas! I highly recommend checking it out.
Thanks to Ryan Imel for prodding me to contribute to the project.
2 Responses to “Wikiklesia - Voices of the Virtual World”
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Ryan Imel Says:
June 11th, 2007 at 6:31 pmGlad to hear it! That’s awesome, I’ll be picking up a copy for sure.
And thanks for the link
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Paul Says:
August 14th, 2007 at 9:40 amScott
Thanks for opening up the networked ecclesia idea in the Wikiklesia project.
I’m currently blogging through the e-book, one chapter each day, at my blog and I thought I’d mention here that I’ve just written some thoughts on your contribution.
Take a peek at http://www.outofthecocoon.co.uk
Blessings and thanks
June 11th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Glad to hear it! That’s awesome, I’ll be picking up a copy for sure.
And thanks for the link
August 14th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Scott
Thanks for opening up the networked ecclesia idea in the Wikiklesia project.
I’m currently blogging through the e-book, one chapter each day, at my blog and I thought I’d mention here that I’ve just written some thoughts on your contribution.
Take a peek at http://www.outofthecocoon.co.uk
Blessings and thanks