2022 GoNeDigiTal Conference Schedule

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7-9 July 2022 (Online)

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Day 1 (7 July 2022)

Introduction and Prayer

06.30 AM (CDT – USA) / 12.30 PM (BST – London) / 9.30 PM (AEST – Australia)

Led by: Frida Mannerfeldt

Session 1 – Welcome and Panel Discussion

6.45 AM (CDT – USA) / 12.45 PM (BST – London) / 9.45 PM (AEST – Australia)

Chair: Stephen Garner

1. Conference welcome and notices
2. Panel – How Theology and Faith Practices Shape Digital Culture
   • Aline Amaro de Silva
   • Pete Phillips
   • Kate Ott
   • Rei Lemuel Crizaldo
3. Discussion groups

Session 2 – Mediation, Worship, and Community

8.30 AM (CDT – USA) / 02.30 PM (BST – London) / 11.30 PM (AEST – Australia)

Chair: Heidi Campbell

1. Ritual or marketing? Theological negotiation in the development of digitally mediated worship services (Frida Mannerfelt) [Abstract/Profile]
2. Christian Experience in the Metaverse: How Churches Modify Digital Space and Culture (Aline Amaro da Silva & Marcus Túlio Oliveira Neto) [Abstract/Profile]
3. Survey Studies Show: Church-Goers Wish to Continue with Digital Services in Local Congregations after the Pandemic (Ralf Peter Reimann & Holger Sievert) [Abstract/Profile]

Session 3 – Ethics, Public Spaces and Theology

10.30 AM (CDT – USA) / 4.30 PM (BST – London) / 01.30 AM (AEST – Australia – 8 July)

Chair: Thomas Schlag

1. Cancelled into the Outer Darkness: Accountability and the Intersection of Public and Digital Theologies (Stephen Okey) [Abstract/Profile]
2. Robot Theology: Dear Robot, how social are you? (Anna Puzio) [Abstract/Profile]
3. Colonizing the Digital New World (Will Nicholas)

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Day 2 (8 July 2022)

Introduction and Prayer

06.30 AM (CDT – USA) / 12.30 PM (BST – London) / 9.30 PM (AEST – Australia)

Led by: Jodi Hunt

Session 4 – Philosophy, Education and Digital Theology

6.45 AM (CDT – USA) / 12.45 PM (BST – London) / 9.45 PM (AEST – Australia)

Chair: Frederike van Oorschot

1. Grundtvig in the Metaverse (Christian Grund Sørensen) [Abstract/Profile]
2. Action and Reflection in the Digital Age: A Kierkegaardian Perspective on Selfhood (Agana-Nsiire Agana) [Abstract/Profile]
3. A Study on the Possibility for Digital-Existential Reconstruction of Ecclesiology (Suk-Whan Sung) [Abstract/Profile]

Session 5 – Book Panel: Liturgy and Digitality

8.30 AM (CDT – USA) / 02.30 PM (BST – London) / 11.30 PM (AEST – Australia)

Chair: Kyle Schiefelbein-Guerrero

1. Kyle Schiefelbein-Guerrero – “Church after the Corona Pandemic: Consequences for Worship and Theology”
2. Discussion groups
3. Feedback from groups

Session 6 – Virtual Reality, Materiality, and Theology

10.30 AM (CDT – USA) / 4.30 PM (BST – London) / 01.30 AM (AEST – Australia – 9 July)

Chair: Roland Chia

1. Incarnational theology and the materiality of digital technology (Katherine Schmidt) [Abstract/Profile]
2. Baptism in the Metaverse: Sacrament or sacrilegious (Simon Werrett) [Abstract/Profile]
3. Theology of Virtual Realism: Metaverse, VR Church, and Real Experience (John Paul Arceno) [Abstract/Profile]

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Day 3 (9 July 2022)

Introduction and Prayer

06.30 AM (CDT – USA) / 12.30 PM (BST – London) / 9.30 PM (AEST – Australia)

Led by: Christian Grund

Session 7 – Individual and Community Faith Practices

6.45 AM (CDT – USA) / 12.45 PM (BST – London) / 09.45 PM (AEST – Australia)

Chair: Kyle Schiefelbein-Guerrero

1. Co-designing digital expressions of faith with African youth: reshaping the affordances of the metaverse (Erkki Sutinen, Lannie Uwu-khaeb, Vuyelwa David Ruwodo, Mikko Vesisenaho, Annastasia Shipepe)
2. Theological Literacy and Digital Existence (Christian Schlenker) [Abstract/Profile]
3. How Theology and Faith Practices Shape Digital Culture (Daniella Zsupan-Jerome) [Abstract/Profile]

Session 8 – Digitality and Theology

8.30 AM (CDT – USA) / 02.30 PM (BST – London) / 11.30PAM (AEST – Australia)

Chair: Pete Philips

1. Inculturating into the Internet: Memes at the intersection of Catholic and Digital Cultures (Andre Theng) [Abstract/Profile]

Session 9 – Final reflections

10.30 AM (CDT – USA) / 04.30 PM (BST – London) / 01.30 AM (AEST – Australia – 10 July)

Chair: Jonas Kurlberg

1. GoNeDigiTal Business Meeting
2. Final notices and concluding thoughts