Avatar: The film, the idea and the word
James Cameron’s new film, Avatar, teaches us nothing about avatars.
Why? Well, let’s take a step back and look at the basic idea that already exists.
Most people are members of one of the 20 or so major religions, pretty much all of which have the concept of the avatar in common. Throughout religious philosophy and doctrine, [...]
Episode 6 of TMJ Podcast – Religion and Second Life
Episode 6 features a news roundup, a short review of Tom Boellstorff’s ‘Coming of Age in Second Life’ and an interview with Dr Helen Farley from the University of Queensland on religion and Second Life.
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Christian Orthodoxy and Sexual Purity – A Second Life seminar
An interesting announcement came to my attention today from the organisers of a ninety minute seminar. It’s being held by the UK-based University of Plymouth at 6am Friday morning Australian Eastern time. The full details as announced:
Fathers Johann Barak and Joshua Tuchs (these are SL™ avatar names), who in RL are two Eastern Orthodox priests [...]
Anglicans in Second Life
The Revd Mark Brown is a New Zealander leading an Anglican Ministry in Second Life and says its has grown to five church services per week with a congregation of over 300.
The group have their own blog and a range of service times including an Australian friendly one – 6pm Sunday evenings AEDT (11pm Saturday [...]
Religion in Second Life – overview
The Second Life Herald have started an overview of religion in Second Life, starting out with Christianity.
We covered Chebi Mosque earlier in the year and the thing that struck me was the attention to detail with the architecture and the desire to create a place of reflection. It’s something all religions have in common that [...]
Chebi Mosque
Chebi Mosque, built by Marino Nuvolari is an impressive build modeled on the Mezquita mosque in Spain and it’s a striking resemblance.
The information supplied on notecard about the Chebi Mosque covers a range of information (exerpts only):
“As-salaamu alaykum (Peace be upon you)
INTRODUCTION
A warm welcome to Chebi Mosque. For the benefit of those who use [...]
