Wikiklesia: Voices of the Virtual World

The collaborative book I was asked to contribute a chapter to, Wikiklesia Vol 1: Voices of the Virtual World will release this Monday (July 23) as an online book on Lulu. A hard copy version is on the way too, as well as audio files of the chapters recorded by the authors. You can see a list of the chapter titles for the contributing authors (who include several well known names in the Emergent scene), and the press release for the book. All the books proceeds with go to the Not for Sale campaign to end world slavery. Here's a blurb from the press release.

Voices of the Virtual World explores the growing influence of technology on the global Christian church. In this premier volume, we hear from more than forty voices, including technologists and theologians, entrepreneurs and pastors… from a progressive Episcopalian techno-monk to a leading Mennonite professor… from a tech-savvy mobile missionary to a corporate anthropologist whom Worth Magazine calls "one of Wall Street's 25 Smartest Players." Voices is a far reaching exploration of spiritual journey contextualized within a culture of increasingly immersive technology.

Conceived and established in May 2007, the Wikiklesia Project is an experiment in on-line collaborative publishing. The format is virtual, self-organizing, participatory - from purpose to publication in just a few weeks. All proceeds from the Wikiklesia Project will be contributed to the Not For Sale campaign.

Wikiklesia

I was invited by John Lagrou to contribute a chapter to the upcoming online collaborative book that will be available to download from Amazon.com very shortly. Other authors include Andrew Jones, Andrew Perriman, Doug Pagitt, and Scot McKnight. The basic theme of the book will be on the intersection of the interactive technology known as "web 2.0" - blogs, wiki boards, youtube, etc., and how this has effected how we think and live out faith and church.

I'll be talking in my chapter about faith, art, and technology. How faith and art intertwine, and the shape that this takes in a wired world, and the impact this has for independent artists. The proceeds from the book will be going to Not For Sale, a project that is working to end slavery and human trafficking. You can find out more about the book project here: Wikiklesia