ECIC Steering Committee invites european webpastors, editors, webmasters, and other new media personalities to join 11th European Christian Internet Conference in London. The Conference will take place from June 14-18, 2006 and will be hosted by the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth.

The theme of The 11th European Christian Internet Conference is "The Challenge of Convergency for the Church".

The aim is to exchange experiences about working with the Internet. We also seek to arrange co-operation in the area of this "new media". Past conferences have proved to be very fruitful and to fulfill a vital role for the Christian Internet presence.

The ECIC Steering committee extends an open invitation to all those who play a role in the Christian Internet presence in Europe (or are planning to do so), and hopes that the key personalities in the Internet field will be able to attend ECIC conferences.

The Conferences are not designed as "talk shops" but as "working conferences" For that reason, the number of participants is limited for each conference.


Call for Papers

The Steering Committee invites proposals aimed at elucidating all aspects of the conference’s theme. Themes of the coming conference are:

Communio: in ecclesiology the Church is defined as a community of believers but the new media challenges the definition of what a community is. Online communities follow a different set of rules than face-to-face communities. Does the traditional ecclesiological description of the church include the reality of online communities or do we need to adapt our theological framework to meet the new reality? Can our communion be complete if we do not have an effective online presence.

Educatio: one important field of church activity is education, ranging from the traditional religious education or the teaching of catechism to e-learning. As knowledge and education become more and more important in the information society, the church must fully explore the potential of the Internet. If the digital divide is the border between the educated elite and the information-poor, then media education becomes an important task for the church. Fostering media competence means enabling people to help themselves.

Missio: The Church is taking part in God’s mission to the world. Mission is not only reaching out to people who have not yet heard God’s Good News but also bearing witness and providing guidance within society, and that includes a digital society. In the time of media convergence, the church needs an holistic approach to deal with these challenges: integration of television, mobile phones and the internet and location based services. The Conference will explore these challenges and try to search for answers.

Potential presenters may submit proposals either for individual papers, workshops or for "Tell Your Story" sessions. Individual paper proposals should include a one-page abstract and a one-page curriculum vitae. The abstract should summarize the argument of the paper, the sources on which it is based, and its relationship to existing scholarship. Please send all proposals as attachments to ECIC Steering Committee: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The deadline for the receipt of all proposals is 31 March 2006.

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