As I mentioned, I was at the Alban Institute yesterday for a one day Faith and Technology Conversation.
Anne Van Dusen did a wonderful job of organizing this event. There were about 25 of us: the Alban and Congregational Resource Guide staff and about 20 visitors. Two thirds of the visitors were from out of town. There were about the same number of men and women and the ages ranged from about 30 to 60. There were journalist/writers, priest/minister/pastors, technology professionals and researchers. The group felt diverse but there was no racial diversity - it was 100% white. I’m sure this was a ramification of who was there rather than there being any attempt to avoid racial diversity. But it would have added an interesting element had we not all been white.
Most of the people there were associated with mainline denominational forms of Christianity. Some as a personal vocation; some as writers/technology professionals/researchers whose work involves them with it. Andrea, the journalist taking notes to produce the guide based on yesterday is a former Christian who has converted to Islam, but I only knew that because someone mentioned it to me one on one on Monday evening. (And because she did mention ‘in my Mosque’ once) In one of the breaks I told Andrea I’d just heard Ingrid Mattson and was very impressed.
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04-30-2008 |
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About twenty people are here to participate in the conversation, mostly from out of town. Looking at the participant list, some are pastors, some work with online content related to religion/faith communities (bloggers, editors) and some are web 2.0 developers. Some were already known to the Alban Institute. Others were invited based on referrals. At least one was invited because their site came up in a Google search (me :)).
The day will be part presentation, part group discussion. A guide for faith communities will be produced based on it, to help faith communities use web 2.0 more effectively. I think it will be online on the Congregational Resource Guide site (CRG is part of the Alban Institute). Read the rest of this entry »
04-29-2008 |
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