IST - 2163 1 (Hybrid)
Spring 2017
Instructor: Jeffrey Mahan
Contact: jmahan@iliff.edu 303-765 3192
Campus Meeting: April 27, 1:00 - 5:00PM, April 28, 8:00 - Noon, I-301
Religious leadership must be appropriate to the culture within which one leads. We live in cultures increasingly shaped by the digital. This course explores ways that understandings of church, membership, religious identity, are changing in digital culture, and examines how both online and face-to-face expressions of faith are adapting to that. It asks what sort of leaders will guide faith communities into effective life and service in a culture shaped by its digital experience.
Below you will find links to the required readings, assignments, and an outline of the course organized by week.
The Rhythms of the quarter: As you review these materials you will see that we are engaged with each other online quite intently for the first four weeks. Then we are together f2f for Gathering Days. We will take a recover week after Gathering Days and then we move into a less intense reporting period for weeks 7 - 10. We will continue to connect online but you will have time to talk with a leader you respect about their work and the conversations we have been having, to engage the additional reading, to work on a final short paper, and to report out about these things. JM
Potential Graduates, please note : You are final paper must be submitted no later than noon on May 25, so that I can confirm that you are passing and keep you on the graduation list. JM
| Date | Day | Details | |
| Mar 28, 2017 | Tue | Introductions | due by 05:59AM |
| Mar 29, 2017 | Wed | Net Safety - Google Yourself | due by 05:59AM |
| Mar 30, 2017 | Thu | Reading Discussion: Trustworthy Leadership | due by 05:59AM |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Fri | Mahan remarks, "The Digital Metaphor" | due by 05:59AM |
| Apr 01, 2017 | Sat | Reminder, Return to and extend conversations. | due by 05:59AM |
| Apr 04, 2017 | Tue | Reading Discussion: Media, Religion and Culture, "Relating Media, Religion and Culture" | due by 05:59AM |
| Apr 05, 2017 | Wed | Mahan remarks, : "church in digital culture" | due by 05:59AM |
| Apr 06, 2017 | Thu | Reading Discussion: Networked Religion: Considering How Faith is Lived in Networked Society | due by 05:59AM |
| Apr 07, 2017 | Fri | due by 05:59AM | |
| Apr 22, 2017 | Sat | Reminder, return to this week's discussions | due by 05:59AM |