One of the cool things about this conference is that everyone gets the opportunity to present a reflection on something to do with the interconnection of theology and digital media. Unfortunately they’re too many of us to do it in one group so I’ll only get to see half the presentations, including giving my own […]
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#MediaLit17 Chronicles 7: Communication and the Arts
Time for Lunch now it’s One O’Clock, but first we had a promising session with Jim Craig, who was Chaplains to the Arts in Gateshead and is now Chaplain to Guy’s Campus, Kings College London. Arts chaplaincy is something which has been explored to an extent by various people as an aspect of their ministry. […]
#MediaLit17 Chronicles 6: Communicating Faith
We’ve opened with the following video: and used Poll Everywhere to compile one of those word diagrams where the most common word was the largest — and that word was impossible. This prompted an interesting discussion where people responded in the main positively. It was cool, it was endearing, it was inspirational. However, as I pointed out, […]
#MediaLit17 Chronicles 3: The Digital Revolution
Andy Byers was fantastic, do check out his TheoMedia book . Now we’ve moved on to the Digital Revolution with Tallie Proud — the digital media officer for the Church of England. Currently hearing an array of interesting stats and figures surrounding social media. Everything ranging from the 93 million selfies taken a day (my contributions can be […]
#MediaLit17 Chronicles 2: Theomedia
Andy Byers has been giving a passionate presentation on the idea of Media and the role it plays in influencing us (with some interesting diagrammatic presentations of the weight of influences across different christian traditions). He’s written a book, Theomedia, which seems to be the basis of this session. Theomedia on Amazon This has been shaped […]
#MediaLit17 Chronicles 1: Introduction
This week, as an Ordinand at Cranmer Hall in Durham, I have the privilege of being able to attend this years CODEC conference ‘MediaLit’. This looks to be a full on week of lectures, seminars, and presentations looking at how we can engage with theology and digital culture. Some of the themes include: Digital Theology; […]
Michah 6:8 – A reflection
A reflection on Michah 6:8 from 2013
“Sexuality” and the subjective/objective problem
Romans during the Decadence — Courture In my studies at the moment we are doing a course on “Sex and Gender”. The conversations have been really rather interesting as we’ve looked at something of what does it mean to consider people as “sexual beings”. One of the first “hurdles”, as it were, is the realisation of how […]
The gospels and the Gospel
One question that comes up in conversation from time to time when I speak with people about the Christian faith is often phrased something like this: “Don’t the gospels contradict each other? How can you believe what they say when they can’t even agree what happened?” At a glance this question seems to offer a […]
The philosophical problems of knowing ‘God’
Source I recently read a paper Tillich once presented called The Two Types of Philosophy of Religion. In it he, surprise surprise, identifies two kinds of philosophical approaches to the idea of knowing God, or more specifically ‘religious truth’. The first is the ontological way which presupposes a transcendent and permanent unity with the ultimate. […]
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