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Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
121. Church in the Virtual World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172. The Cyber-Driven Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313. A Telepresent People of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554. The Incarnational Avatar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775. WikiWorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1036. Almighty Mod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1357. Synthetic Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1578. The Internet Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1759. Viral Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18910. The Social-Network Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Conclusion: A Church on Every Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Recommended Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Notes
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chapter 8
The Internet Campus
Just because you’ve thrown together a few
buildings doesn’t mean you have a campus.
My first salaried job after college was working as a chemist
at a large biotech company with a corporate presence in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. They had hired me for work times thatdidn’t interfere with my seminary class schedule, and since the jobinvolved using advanced instrumentation with funny names to testfor minute quantities of illegal drugs, it seemed sure to beat workingin the seminary cafeteria serving sloppy joes for six bucks an hour.Because it was my first “real” job, it was exciting to be shown aroundthe company’s “campus” and be introduced to many of the differentlabs and projects housed in the corporate complex.Within a really short amount of time, any excitement I felt aboutworking there dimmed and winked out of existence. Even thoughthe company landscaped its grounds and positioned its buildingsto look like a campus, there really was no interaction between thebuildings, or any fun, central meeting places for employees. It was just several, individual office buildings grouped together. I found out
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