The Blogos Initiative

The Blogos initiative was in response to the popularity of the Blog culture. We live in a wired (weird) world. The audience are the emperors of choice. The choice of the topic (taste) and truth (perspective), not to mention the time to listen, depend entirely on the audience/seeker. In the ‘nu’ world, we need ‘nu’ methods to re-tell the gospel. We at Wisdomtree find blogs as a great tool to reach out to the new generation. We meet them where they want to read. We speak when they want to read. They get to listen when they want to read.

• wisdomtree – a commentary on Popular Culture (wisdomtree.wordpress.com)
• movietheology: A faith commentary on movies (movietheology.wordpress.com)
• cogwheel – ideas for engagement with cultural apologetics (cogwheel.wordpress.com)
• Indian Reflections on the Emerging church Movement (sabha.wordpress.com)
• Understanding Kid-adults – for parents who just don’t get it (kidults.wordpress.com)
• Samuel Thambusamy – A weblog of my faith journey ( samuelthambusamy.wordpress.com)
• A view from the other side: Global South Reflections on Edinburgh 1910 (missionstudygroup.wordpress.com)

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Film and Theology

The Center for the study of Religion and Film is being envisaged for engaging with Films from a Christian perspective. The Center would provide academic resources on Religion and Film besides conducting workshops/seminars on film and its religious vision. At present, the center is involved in developing resources.

Presentations:

• Women in Indian Cinema (A day long seminar)
• Screen Age – Engaging with ‘fill-o-sophies’. (2 hrs)
• Forgiveness – what does it take? A discussion on forgiveness based on the movies Spiderman, Changing Lanes and Last Samurai (1 hr presentation)
• Truth and Faction: Is truth a victim of entertainment: Reflections based on Titanic, Mangal Pande, and Da Vinci Code (45 min)
• Witch way forward?! A presentation on Harry Potter Films. (1 hr)
• Life Matters – discussion on Yuva (Hindi Movie) (2 hrs)
• The wounded healer – Reflections on the movie Kal Ho Na Ho (Hindi Movie) (1 hr) [2006]
• The web of life – discussion based on Spiderman films (1/30 hrs)
• Reconciliation in film: The Indian Experience (30 min)
• Enjoying Work – Reflections on work based on the film Collateral, Chennai (1 hr)
• Engaging the Urban Sub-cultures: A persuasive call to re-tell the gospel story through movie parables. (3 hrs)

Articles* Screenage Reality
* Faith in a machine world
* Portrayal of Sexuality in Indian Cinema
* Jesus in popular Film and Fiction: Engaging with Secular Christologies

Research

* Science fiction films and theological imagination.
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The Academy of the Faithful

The Academy of the faithful seeks to equip young people to speak the gospel intelligibly, attractively and responsibly. The Academy of the Faithful is offers:

• Cafe Theology
• Cultural Apologetics Course

Cafe Theology – (faith conversations in the real world) seeks to help young people understand/live their faith that they would be conversing in informal settings. This course is designed to make young people ‘future ready’. It is actually intended for young people who are passionate about ministering to contemporary/urban audience engaging in culturally relevant formats and ideas. Topics include: Life – Identity/Meaning – Work – Relationships – Entertainment – Technology – Power & Success – Justice – Living Faith

For more details visit: www.theacademyofthefaithful.wordpress.com

Engaging Pop Culture, Engaging Lives (Cultural Apologetics Course)

This course on cultural apologetics intends to equip Christian young people to be conversant about the beauty, truth and goodness of Christian answers to life, and most importantly defend the Christian Hope. The interactive course is designed to help participants explore the “quest”-ion,” why-I-live-what-I-believe”. Topics include:

* Engaging with Urban Sub-Culture
* The case for cultural apologetics
* Understanding goodness, Truth and beauty
* Faith, arts and culture
* Engaging with images, information and ideas.
* Multiplex solutions – revisiting ‘fill-o-sophies’
* Faith in a Machine world: Revisiting work
* Are there rules to live by? Revisiting moral frameworks
* Bringing good things to life: Revisiting consumerism
* Games people play: revisiting leisure
* Be what want to be: Revisiting Alternative lifestyles
* Story keeping in an information age

For more information please visit: conversationalapologetics.wordpress.com

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Study Projects

Wisdomtree envisions to have study projects in the following areas:

• God and Astronomy
• What does it mean to be Human? – study on the chimpanzee-human genome comparison
• Jesus in popular film and fiction
• Emergent Church
• Nature and the Meaning of Persons: The study of the imaging of the human in Sci-Fi Films
• Bollywood and the discourse of ‘desire’ and ‘despair’

Wisdomtree Trust is also open to do research projects for other Organizations/Trusts/ Individuals in Theology and Mission.
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oXyGEN circle

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Future Ready Conference

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Fighting the Famine of another kind ( Bible study workshop)

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For further details write to writespace4sam@gmail.com