jesus and biblioblogging, history and theology
Mark Goodacre raises a good question in a post titled What Would Jesus Blog?: "What is the relationship between biblioblogging and God- (or god-) blogging?" At least a couple of others have provided responses so far, including Jim West and Phil Harland, and others will no doubt chime in as well.
This gets into some of the questions I discussed in one of my earliest posts on the genre of blogs (I wonder how I'd frame that post now, having blogged for almost a year...?). In that post I described my own blog as a "hybrid" blog, not a "pure biblioblog," and that has proven to be true over the course of my blog's life so far. I am interested in historical questions of earliest Christianity for their own sake; I am interested in theological questions arising from the New Testament for their own sake. But I am also interested in the intersection of history and theology related to earliest Christianity and the New Testament, the way historical questions intersect with theological answers and theological questions intersect with historical answers. And I am interested in the way in which these historical-theological or theological-historical questions and answers shape my own perspectives on God, faith, and "the stuff of earth." To this point my blogging has been mostly brief observations and internet linking rather than real, thoughtful presentation of issues around these interests--that's all that time and inclination will allow right now--but perhaps that will change down the road.
One final thought: Perhaps a good question to discuss at the Biblioblogging session at SBL is exactly the question of Mark's title: "What would Jesus blog?" We could sift through the evidence from all extant sources looking for any oblique blogophile references in the Jesus tradition, vote on their authenticity, produce a reconstruction of "Jesus the (Cynic?) Blogger," and publish our findings for the public. This would also be a good way of keeping our discussion focused on the interests of "pure biblioblogging"... ;-)
This gets into some of the questions I discussed in one of my earliest posts on the genre of blogs (I wonder how I'd frame that post now, having blogged for almost a year...?). In that post I described my own blog as a "hybrid" blog, not a "pure biblioblog," and that has proven to be true over the course of my blog's life so far. I am interested in historical questions of earliest Christianity for their own sake; I am interested in theological questions arising from the New Testament for their own sake. But I am also interested in the intersection of history and theology related to earliest Christianity and the New Testament, the way historical questions intersect with theological answers and theological questions intersect with historical answers. And I am interested in the way in which these historical-theological or theological-historical questions and answers shape my own perspectives on God, faith, and "the stuff of earth." To this point my blogging has been mostly brief observations and internet linking rather than real, thoughtful presentation of issues around these interests--that's all that time and inclination will allow right now--but perhaps that will change down the road.
One final thought: Perhaps a good question to discuss at the Biblioblogging session at SBL is exactly the question of Mark's title: "What would Jesus blog?" We could sift through the evidence from all extant sources looking for any oblique blogophile references in the Jesus tradition, vote on their authenticity, produce a reconstruction of "Jesus the (Cynic?) Blogger," and publish our findings for the public. This would also be a good way of keeping our discussion focused on the interests of "pure biblioblogging"... ;-)
Labels: blogs and blogging, jesus
posted by Michael Pahl at
10/17/2005
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