TED Community » Rachael Bregman

I am:: Activist, Brainstormer, Care taker, Change Agent, Clergy, Explorer, Foodie, Idea generator, Jewish, World traveler
Associations:: CLAL, American Jewish World Service, Jewish Community Relations Council
Languages:: Hebrew
My website links:: Open Jewish Project, The Temple, What happens when you become a Rabbi?
Universities:: Harvard University , GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Boston College

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A comment on Conversation: What would Open Source Religion look like? How would it work?

Nov 25 2011: I think I need to clarify the question given the comments below. Assuming the purpose of a religion's structure is to help people make meaning and to make sense of the world (sociologically speaking), the structures we have been using to make meaning, to make sense of the world, seems to be less effective. Research tells us that the structure of large institutions like synagogues (or churches), is becoming a less effective tool for the current and emerging generation to understand the world. What I am asking is, what would a new structure for religion look like based on an open-source model such as linux or wikipedia. We are not asking about the content or doctrine of religion. That is a conversation for a different time and place. For now, we are merely brainstorming models for a new structure.