Thy Kingdom Connected - Book Review
Thy Kingdom Connected: What the Church Can Learn from Facebook, the Internet, and Other Networks by Dwight J. Friesen; Baker Books, 2009 I think the best way to describe Thy Kingdom Connected is that it uses a systematic approach to define and support a form of open-sourced, "network" ecclesiology. In other words, Friesen uses traditional means to describe something new and decidedly non-traditional that is happening in the church. And ultimately, Friesen embraces the need for the Church to become more "networked" in both it's beliefs and praxis. This "network" lens is, according to Friesen, "a lens through which we can hope to see the world as an integrated whole rather than a dissociated collection of parts." The recent phenomenon of social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and even MySpace is seen by Friesen as a gift to the Church as it begins to navigate the uncertain waters of the 21st Century. The emerging culture that surro...