“Postmodern Bible” by Pete Phillips
RIP: 2004–2015
Editor’s Note: This article is part of an ongoing series we’re calling “Defunct Christian Tech Blogs Still Worth Your Bandwidth.” Find the growing list here.
About This Blog
Pete Phillips has been a leader in the digital theology field for a long time. His defunct blog Postmodern Bible proves it. Based in the UK, he has gone on to start the world’s first and only Digital Theology degree program, so he has the academic chops to back up his thinking.
Phillips’ blog is true to form: You will get some of his thoughts and ideas as they are developing, which for an experienced thinker like him, still means those thoughts are critical and valuable. If you’re still developing your own thoughts about faith and technology, poke around Phillips’ Postmodern Bible.
His thoughts will challenge and sharpen your thinking. If you think it’s obvious what Christians should believe about transhumanism, Phillips will poke a few holes in that certainty. If getting rid of Facebook is the only way to make social media better, Phillips will offer reasons why you should stay. Whatever the case, you’ll come away with ideas to wrestle with.
Where to Start
- Transforming Humanity (video): “Humanity is the self-modifying species par excellence.”
- Transhumanism…is human enhancement anathema to Christian theology?: “Indeed, we are made to adapt and that’s why humanity can survive in both extreme heat and extreme cold, in extreme drought and extreme wet. Humans are always enhancing themselves.”
- Seven Principles of New Media in a Digital Age #2: “Act like Jesus did and simply ride roughshod through the old boys clubs of prestige and control. But do it with grace and love.”
- Sin Free Social Media — really???: “My first reaction was a sin free Facebook was probably a human-free Facebook.”
If you want to continue engaging with Pete Phillips and his provocative work, he’s still challenging Christianity’s status quo. Find him on Twitter @pmphillips and writing for Premier Christianity.
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