Thought Experiments

I got a copy of my forthcoming book in the post this morning. I wish I was more enthusiastic about the 'look'--but there was not much I could do, the book is part of a series and certain design parameters were already in place, but it is a bit frustrating, particularly when I had some pretty strong ideas for it, oh well, maybe next time. The book is called, Entertainment Theology: new edge spirituality in a digital democracy--long enough?? It's a 'thought experiment' as far as I am concerned, a way of processing some ideas that have been floating around in my head for a while that I wanted to move beyond. I never view writing something down as a sort of final statement about an issue, I like to think of it more as a means of processing theories and thoughts and seeing where they end up. As you can probably tell, this will not be a systematic theology book! Just a look at some of the cultural landscape that I think is reshaping the way many people think and practice faith. As I looked through it this morning I saw some things that I can't say I am really that committed to as much right now--that is the downside of writing-a moment in your theological journey gets set in type and speaks back to you--it also proves my theory that when you put something into some form, written, sung, whatever, you can carry on with your journey a little lighter.

Comments

[Grete]

Barry I like the way you put it--the way (or one way) in which you understand your writing.

Makes me feel more confident and less high-strung about putting more effort into writing for publication. :)

[Katrina]

Congrats my friend!!

[seeward]

Looking forward to reading this book! I completely feel your thoughts on writing down a moment in your theological journey. I am in the middle of writing a series of papers for ordination and I have the same concerns that I will be held to these ideas, forever. I might distribute the final papers in documents that erase themselves after a set period.
Thanks again for sharing some of those thought experiments here on your site.