Focus of Conference: Anthropology and Technology

Anthropology may be the critical theological loci of the next century. This is seen easily in the transgender movement or the cultural debates on sexuality. Knowing what to make of the body, though, and how to impact the soul through it is a vast question that the Church now faces in special force because of recent technological gains. This conference will begin to give that question attention. Together we will ponder questions like: What is happening with someone who "worships online?" Is enfleshed gathering necessary to the life of the Church and, if so, how essential? What are forms of delivering the Word through technology that edify the body of Christ? What might they look like in the future? What might we shy away from? In short, what does it mean for Lutherans with Christological (read incarnation here) and sacramental commitments to make use of technology without its potentially dehumanizing effects?