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Welcome! At Signs and Wonders we sift through the World Wide Web looking for evidence of emerging religious futures. Our mission is to provide our readers -- religious futurists, ministers, and just plain spiritual people -- with a guided tour of the web, stopping wherever we see the future of faith unfolding before our eyes. We update this site every three days or so, so come back again and join us on our next trip. If you want to comment on anything you read here or discuss religious futures in general, come over to our forum. |
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May 15, 2000 [social] -- Drive-thru religion on the horizon? by Cody Clark at 9:05 AM (EST)  A beliefnet article on churches that are offering streamlined, speedy services to attract busy congregants. [social] -- Press coverage of religion increases by Cody Clark at 9:05 AM (EST) A Center for Media and Public Affairs study is considered the most exhaustive ever on how the press covers religion and spirituality. Surprisingly, the press covers religion more often and in a generally more favorable light. [technological] -- The first primitive Cyborg? by Cody Clark at 8:52 AM (EST) "If I had to look to the end of the century and say who's going to be running the show, I'd say humans would come in a poor third." A professor has surgically integrated machinery into his arm, making him the first actual Cyborg, however primitive. editor -- Looks like some early steps toward a transhuman future. Religion should be in on the debate when Humanity's place in the universe is in question. [social] -- Videogamers go for "Playing God" by Cody Clark at 9:09 AM (EST) The "first person shooter" genre of video games is giving way to a wave of "God games", the most sophisticated of which allows the gamer to actually evolve the characters' genetic makeup as the game progresses. [social] -- Are you a "Bobo" by Cody Clark at 9:08 AM (EST) Author David Brooks has coined the term to describe the emerging Boomer generation elite class who sport a curious hybrid ideology merging 60's radical "bohemian" culture and 80's style capitalism. Read a critical commentary on the phenomenon here. editor -- If these are society's movers and shakers, then they will soon be in leadership in many of the churches out there. Generationally, how will their children rebel? One theory is that children will reject their parents' bourgeois/bohemian ideological compromise and embrace either religious orthodoxy or a radical anti-consumerist social justice agenda. If Brooks' theory bears out, interesting generational dynamics are in store for America's churches. [editor's note] -- I've graduated, but still continuing the 'blog by Cody Clark at 8:14 AM (EST) The celebration is over and, in the clearer head that Monday brings, I find myself holding an M.S. degree in Futures Studies. Now what am I going to do with it? Well, for one, I'll continue to work on Signs and Wonders for a while. It served me well as a Master's Project, but I think it's important enough to merit continuing on its own. My vision for this blog is that it become a collaborative project to scan for the future of faith. I'm happy with Signs and Wonders so far, but I believe it could be better if we had more perspectives going into it than just my own. Please consider being a contributor to Signs and Wonders by sending in one or two stories a week, with your analysis of its future implications. Thanks, and if anyone wants to hire a software engineer cum newbie religious futurist.... |
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