... and very nice countryside too. I am on my way to Durham for the annual conference of the Catholic Theological Association. Tomorrow morning I am to speak on the subject of new movements and new media. These are difficult subjects to merge. I'm going to say that new movements flourished especially under Blessed Pope John Paul and blogging under Pope Benedict. If that generalisation doesn't get you too hot under the collar, I'm going to suggest that the blogosphere is a special kind of "new movement."
Not sure whether it will be safe for me at Saturday's blognic after saying that!
It is a gloriously sunny day so I hope that the weather holds for tomorrow afternoon when I should have time to take some photos of the Castle, the Cathedral and suchlike.
Now approaching Darlington...
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3 comments:
Welcome to the North East!
Are not the beginnings of some of the most prominent new ecclesial movements to be found in times before the pontificate of Pope John Paul II? As far back as the late 1940's in the case of Focolare, the 1960's (I think) in the case of Communion and Liberation ....
The fundamental point is the founding charisms of the movements, and that is perhaps more important than their flourishing at a particular time. In this sense the blogosphere doesn't have a charism ... so can it be a movement at all?
"flourished" was a carefully chosen word. I also confess that it is a wild and inaccurate generalisation. I talk about chrism, and talk of the blogosphere as a *special* case.
I'll publish the talk :-)
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