Technically Christian

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Technically Christian

• Christianity and the Internet
• LTSG
• J-Term 2003
• MGVHoffman

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The 4 Cs of the Internet

• Content
• Commerce
• Communication
• Community

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Community
What do we mean by community?

• Relationship
• Face to face (?)
• Gathering
• People
• Common interest (?)
• Shared values (?)
• Common circumstances
• Place to meet

• Mutual consolation, caring
• Shared language

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Community
What is needed for community?

• Place
• People
• Ability to communicate

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Community

• People
• Communication
• Relationships
• Common interest or shared value
• Place/Space
• Time

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PLACE / SPACE

• Place geographicalSpace abstract
• Landmarks
• Sacred Spaces
• What might a sacred space on the Internet look
  like?

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TIME
How long is a long time on the net?

• The Internet and Time
• Past, Present, Future
• Static / Dynamic
• Timelessness / Omni-present (omnitemporal)
• Sacred Time

You are (become) where you spend your time.
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TIME

• Cyberheavenhttp//www.teemax.com/HEARTS.htm
• Y2Khttp//trbc.org/sermons/index.html

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TIME

• Religion and Time
• Creation
• Week/end
• Holidays / Holy Days

A potent attraction of world religions is the
unusual experience of time they deliver. Brenda
E. Brasher Give Me That Online Religion
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TIME

• Sacred Time
• What might sacred time look like on the Internet?

Cyberspace time further whittles away at human
patience by nudging a concrete society into a
pattern of activity devoid of sleep
cycles. Brenda E. Brasher Give Me That Online
Religion
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Religious Community

• What would an online community of faith look
  like?
• How would it be different from and similar to
  present communities of faith?
• How can we create a community of faith online?

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Christianity and the Internet

• What is the question?
• How do we preserve traditional Christian values
  as we use the Internet?
• How do we Christianize the Internet?
• What would an indigenous Internet Christianity
  look like?
• How do we use the unique characteristics of the
  Internet in evangelism and support?
• What can traditional Xnty and Internet contribute
  to each other?