Wikiklesia: Volume Two will re-examine and re-imagine the roles of women of faith.
Volume Two of The Wikiklesia Project is dedicated to affirming and learning about women who, as passionate contributors, use their gifts as well as serve alongside their brothers in God’s Kingdom—reclaiming a unified image for the Body of Christ.
The Editors are looking for stories from thinkers and doers who have dared to imagine opportunities for women's voices and influence in global and faith adventures—both within and beyond the traditional framework of religious institutions and settings. What wild adventures and stories of those “taking flight” are out there? How can future generations of women be inspired to realize their potential? How will further progress be made? We need your stories – the courageous visionaries who are re-examining and re-imagining the roles of women of faith – to present a fresh, comprehensive view that will inspire women and men to look expectantly towards a positively transformed 21st century ecclesia.
What does the next generation woman of faith look like? Why is her expression needed? How can future generations of women be inspired to realize their God-given potential? What type of productive solutions are needed to help faith communities integrate women's giftings? How could this shape global community? Volume Two is looking for thinkers and doers exploring opportunities for women's roles in global and faith leadership beyond the traditional framework of religious institutions and settings.
Wikiklesia is an experiment in P2P publishing. The Wikiklesia charter is to "gather a diverse cross-section of the virtually connected church into a common forum to discuss the most important issues facing contemporary Christianity, giving voice to emerging writers along side accomplished authors." Wikiklesia is crowd-sourced - its values are fluid and each new editorial team can shape Wikiklesia to their unique objectives.
Wikiklesia may be the world’s first self-perpetuating nomadic business model: raising money for charities - giving voice to emerging writers and artists - generating a continuous stream of new anthologies covering all manner of relevant topics. Award winning, Wikiklesia: Volume One proved its publishing model with 40 authors in an eight week period. (See publishing model for Volume Two) All contributions of time and talent were donated - proceeds of the book going to the Not for Sale Campaign.
Can a publishing organization thrive without centralized leadership? Is perpetual, self-organizing book publishing possible? Can literary quality be maintained in a distributed publishing paradigm? We’ve created Wikiklesia to answer these kinds of questions.
