spirituality in a digital age: a talk given at greenbelt 2014
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A brief talk focussing on the resources available for spiritual development and connectivity in a digital ageTRANSCRIPT
Spirituality in a Digital Age
Pete Phillips : CODEC : University of Durham
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Using the digital to
re-member our existence and our
context
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Remember
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Remember
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Remember
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Remember to remember -
outboard brain
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Remember to re-member
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Remembering to build a future
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Deuteronomy
18 You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem[e] on your forehead. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. 20 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth.
Remembering to build a future
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Bible Society “Pass It On” Report:http://www.biblesociety.org.uk/about-bible-society/our-work/pass-it-on/
Remembering is not just data retrieval, info-edu-
tainment-esque
Remembering is engaging with both past and future to create a new
relationship with the now.
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Art by Tabor Robak (http://www.taborrobak.com/2014/)Music by Mumford and Sons
Incorporating
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Art by Tabor Robak (http://www.taborrobak.com/2014/)Music by Fatima al Qadiri
Making the digital a
real part of who we are:Ready Player
OneShoto’s Grief
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Incorporating into our being
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Incorporating to be
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Kierkegaard’s Geese...2
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Composed by Kathryn Rose (http://www.artsyhonker.net)Words by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
Connecting & Engaging
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So much to link toSo much to seeSo much to consumeSo much to shareSo much to createSo much to readSo much to watchSo much more... ...every minute
Greenbelt 2014: Travelling LightDigital Spirituality...
A decision to bridge the digital divides...
Age, connectivity, location, wealth, technology, power, culture, gender
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A veritable of opportunities for digital spirituality
•Digital Spirituality is not about tech, or data, or the
overabundance of information
•Digital Spirituality is about the disciple’s heart, the disciples
desire to serve the living God.
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Abide
Digital Spirituality, summed up in one word:
A prayer written by Sister Catherine Wybourne, DigitalNun
Father, Creator God,
You sent your Word, Jesus Christ, to reveal your love and compassion to the world;
you have called us to be his disciples, true images of your beloved Son,
proclaiming his Gospel to all creation.
His story is now our story.
Keep us faithful to what we have received, and generous in our sharing.
Holy Father, we thank you also for the gift of the Holy Spirit
whom you sent to sanctify and bless all you have created
and be the bond of love that unites all of us with you and your Son.
Send forth your Spirit upon us now.
Purify our hearts and make us attentive to your promptings
that we may be true missionaries in the digital world.
Grant us the humility to seek you above and before all other things
that all we say and do may be done in your name and for your glory.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen
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Spirituality in a Digital Age
Pete Phillips : CODEC : University of Durham
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