Comments on: BibleTech:2009 – Technology is Not Neutral: How Bible Technology Shapes Our Faith

By: The Question of Neutrality and Technology | ChurchCrunch

The Question of Neutrality and Technology | ChurchCrunch — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:23:20 +0000

[...] – Web Web Tools5The Question of Neutrality and Technology Posted by John Saddington on Apr 18, 2009John Dyer’s recent presentation on “Technology is Not Neutral” at BibleTech:2009 is [...]

By: Top 9 Posts of 2009 | Don't Eat The Fruit

Top 9 Posts of 2009 | Don't Eat The Fruit — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:15:08 +0000

[...] BibleTech 2009 – Technology is Not Neutral: How Bible Technology Shapes Your Faith – This presentation on oral, print, and digital Bible technology was one of the first I gave in 2009. [...]

By: James Coder

James Coder — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:33:50 +0000

YAY! You bring up Theuth & Thamus, this was important in Derrida’s book Dissemination (Plato’s Pharmacy). And you’ve covered the Heidegger in your reading. I’m a fan.

By: Churches Hear the Clarion Call of Twitter - ChurchCrunch

Churches Hear the Clarion Call of Twitter - ChurchCrunch — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:23:28 +0000

[...] Here are two recent articles that you can use to help support the felt need for Twitter in your church and/or organization. The second article ends with the quote: “We have to remember that the medium is not the message.” I bet Shane Hipps would have something to say about that (or John Dyer). [...]

By: Tehnologia nu este neutră - Cum Biblia pe calculator (tehnologizată) ne modelează credinţa « Botoşaniul Evanghelic

Sat, 02 May 2009 09:24:52 +0000

[...] John Dyer face un studiu de caz asupra felului cum tehnologia ne modelează credinţa. Ideea este că cei care studiază Biblia pe calculator, folosindu-se de tehnologie, sînt influenţaţi de acest lucru, din diverse motive, cum ar fi creşterea nivelului de comoditate, deoarece ne este atît de uşor să găsim cuvintele cheie, cu o simplă căutare sau ne poate determina să nu mai memorăm versetele deoarece acum le avem pe laptop ori computer, nu mai trebuie să le ştim, aşa cum făceam acum 30 de ani ori mai mult. [...]

By: John Dyer

John Dyer — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:53:05 +0000

Vy, I think you’re saying something very similar to what media ecologists are arguing. They are saying that technology and media reshape cultures and those reshaped cultures inform how individuals interpret and understand ideas. So yes, the message of Jesus is the same forever, but the way we understand it and what we choose to emphasize is culturally and technologically informed.

By: Vy

Vy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:00:09 +0000

I’m not sure if I completely agree with the notion that the message changes with the medium. I think that using different mediums does have different implications and makes room for different interpretations, but to me, the message is the message is the message. It’s always been the same. I think it’s just a matter of how our culture tells us to interpret that message, be it a break-up text message, the Bible, etc.

By: John Dyer

John Dyer — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:11:25 +0000

I hate giving stuff up too :)

By: John Dyer

John Dyer — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:10:22 +0000

Please please steal! I am showing everything marked as “draft” where most of the plugins show everything published, but schedule in the future…

By: Todd Gorton

Todd Gorton — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:25:54 +0000

John,

I recently discovered your blog and will become a regular reader. I love your thinking on medium and message. I recently read USC Religion professor Donald Miller who wrote in discussing a new reformation in the church wrote, “This reformation…is challenging not doctrine, but the medium through which the message of Christianity is articulated.”

No doubt the journey ahead will be a profound and interesting one. I just hope I don’t have to give up my iPhone like I did my TV.