Today begins Theology After Google, a conference on progressive Christianity and communications technology held at Claremont School of Theology in southern California. Several Century contributors will be leading sessions—Bruce Epperly, Bob Cornwall, Glen Stassen, John Franke—as will CCblogger Tripp Fuller, who with Philip Clayton teaches a Claremont course with the same name.
The conference promises some high-level discussion, not just cheerleading and training. From the Web site:
The “Theology After Google” conference is not just about techniques — however important these may be. It will also serve as a top-level forum in which the next generation of American theologians begin to think together about the implications of these new modes of communication. Marshall McLuhan's famous "the medium is the message" may not have been completely on the mark; still, what we say is affected by how we say it. During the conference we are challenging pastors, laypersons, and theologians to reflect with the speakers about what it means to do theology after Google. How are the new media changing the nature of human existence and human social connections? How are they transforming human conceptions of God, Jesus, and Christianity? And what will (and should) the church become as a result?I’m not able to be there but intend to follow parts of the event via its video stream and Twitter hashtag.
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