Title | Web 2.0: technology for the postmodern sensibility and its implications for the church |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2008 |
Authors | Van den Heever, J |
Journal | Journal Of Theology For Southern Africa |
Issue | 132 |
Start Page | 86 |
Pagination | 86-107 |
Date Published | 11/2008 |
Abstract | Web 2.0 is a new technology approach that in essence builds on the Internet's existing culture of collaboration and individual freedom. This article argues that Web 2.0 is both creator and creation of the postmodern Zeitgeist, with technology and social development existing in a mutually reinforcing spiral. To minister effectively to the postmodern world, the Church needs to understand how to use these new technologies and, more importantly, respond to the new world they simultaneously reflect and create. |