http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/posts/tags/web+2.0/page/1/ Meditations on Jesus and our World en Vox Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:01:03 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss web 2.0 http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/unconferences-and-theological-debate.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Phil) http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/unconferences-and-theological-debate.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/unconferences-and-theological-debate.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:01:03 -0700 <p>Reading <a href="http://shahnawazkhan.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/whats-similar-between-the-concepts-and-principles-behind-web20-and-unconferences/">here</a> today about the phenomenon of the &quot;unconference&quot; and how it is the in-person equivalent of Web 2.0, I was struck with the image of what must have been a lively interaction between &quot;speaker&quot; and &quot;audience&quot; at the ancient church councils.</p><p>Of course there must have been politics, and certainly there is also a good deal of politics at an unconference as well.&#160; &quot;No distinction between speaker and audience&quot; is a tenet of the unconference. My denomination, a modern strand of Presbyterianism, should consider these principles for some of its meetings.</p><p>As threatening as this kind of democratization might be to our system of government, it could prove to be quite useful.<br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/library/post/unconferences-and-theological-debate.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4141b72246a4700e398e5341a0004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> unconference web 2.0 postmodernism democracy presbyterian ancient church councils