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Faith in Second Life
Pin ItPeople are building churches, and others are attending them, on Second Life, the virtual world in which people can manipulate their avatars, or digital alter-egos, as they work, shop, play and...
View ArticleFront-porch social media?
Pin ItSocial media can build community or divide people, just as physical architecture can, a Chicago pastor told a national conference of religion communicators. “The front-porch theology is the...
View ArticleChurches wary of social media
Pin ItReligious congregations are still struggling to figure out what to make of social media and how — or whether — to use it. That’s according to a survey of 175 congregations, mostly from Indiana,...
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The snail that tweets
Pin ItThe Southern Indiana-based Abbey Press is preparing a new line of paper products called “Snail’s Pace” — based on a timeless monastic value: “slow down and rediscover the written word.” Unlike...
View ArticleBishop: Let’s get digital
Pin ItIn the digital marketplace of ideas, Roman Catholic bishops have a challenge in asserting their office of teaching authority in their church — but they have to try, said Bishop Ronald Herzog of...
View ArticleCatholics all a-Twitter
Pin ItTwitter accounts by Archbishop Joseph Kurtz and various local priests and Catholic offices started popping up a few weeks ago — and it’s no coincidence. The Archdiocese of Louisville has decided...
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Godbeat gleanings: 8.4.2012
Pin ItHere’s the first of an occasional roundup of miscellaneous news, anecdotes, quotes and other observations from recent days. It’s a new venture for this space; we’ll see how it works. This doesn’t...
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