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Date posted: 02/11/2006 On the 14th of October 2006, an interesting event occurred. A spiritual debate of cyberspace. What does it mean to be a spiritual person in the digital era? This was the central question of debate for 30 theologians, scholars, students and technology visionaries from across Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom gathered at the Vancouver School of Theology for the David Lochhead Memorial Symposium Virtual Un/Reality: The Spirituality of Cyberspace , October 12-14, 2006. Participants explored the impact of virtual reality on theology and culture today, based on the work of the late Rev. Dr. David Lochhead. Lochhead, a professor of systematic theology at the Vancouver School of Theology and noted author of Theology in a Digital World and The Dialogical Imperative, died in1999 leaving unpublished and uncompleted work which continues to engage scholarly attention. Internet technology can dehumanise, warned Dr. Susan Thistlethwaite, president of Chicago Theological Seminary. While recognising the importance of public statements of faith, Thistlethwaite stressed that face-to-face gatherings are necessary to make online relationships and virtual communities truly human. Discussion and presentations ranged across a broad spectrum of theology and technology issues of concern to people of faith in the 21st century. Writer and journalist, Ann Bemrose, asked ?Does God love cyberspace?? Rev. Dr. Roberta Clare, a distance educator, spoke about transformative teaching and learning in cyberspace through online education. Theologian Dr. Debbie Herring probed the religious nature of community online. Rev. Dr. Gary Kush analysed the quality of virtual theological education and Dr. Ian MacKenzie addressed virtual reality and First Nations religion. See the full Story via external site: www.virtualtheology.info Most recent stories in this category (Life): 17/09/2014: Do wearable lifestyle activity monitors really work? |
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