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Technically Christian

Explore the intersection of Christianity and the Internet, focusing on the concept of building an online community of faith. Discover how to preserve traditional Christian values while utilizing the unique characteristics of the Internet for evangelism and support.

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Technically Christian

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  1. Technically Christian Christianity and the Internet LTSG J-Term 2003 MGVHoffman

  2. The 4 “C’s” of the Internet • Content • Commerce • Communication • Community

  3. 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

  4. Community What is needed for community? • Place • People • Ability to communicate

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

  6. PLACE / SPACE • Place: geographicalSpace: abstract • Landmarks • Sacred Spaces • What might a sacred space on the Internet look like?

  7. 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.

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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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?

  12. 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?

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