[p2p-research] Fwd: Bosco Day, Hacking Heaven now out in Lulu

[Michel Bauwens]

see http://www.lulu.com/content/5912363

with my blurb:


 "The Catholic Church is sometimes called the oldest hierarchical
organisation in continuous existence, but it always also been the mother of
many participatory social movements, reflecting the liberatory and
emancipatory potential of the Christian message. What is interesting is how
the Church and the egalitarian impulses adapt to each other, creating ever
new syntheses. Today, the Church is facing a new participatory challenge and
promise, through the digital technologies that empower self-aggregation,
autonomous organisation and peer to peer learning, outside established
channels. The Congregation of the Salesians, known for its global network of
Don Bosco schools, is at the forefront, not only of social issues, but also
in its encounter with the new open technologies that have an impact on the
youth it is reaching. If there is one person who has been a bridge-maker
between spiritual tradition and digital modernity, it is Julian Fox. In
Hacking for Heaven, he talks, mostly to his fellow Salesian brothers, but in
fact to all those who are spiritually inclined, asking the question. How can
the Church, the teaching orders, and believers in the message of Christ,
make themselves open enough so that the new generations of digital youth,
including its vanguard of hackers, can feel at home, and co-create a new
form of education for the 21th century. The result is not a book of theory,
but a deeply felt meditation from someone who has been on the trenches, and
could appeal to a broader public"
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