OpenDiv is a project that, in its own words, "aims to translate divinity for a secular world," and that held the Open Div Summit, a four-day "pod-conference," on February 25–28, 2021.
The summit centered on 📝spirituality, meaning, and connection in the secular world. According to the project's website, it brought together academics, theologians, clergy, and secular experience designers to offer frameworks for creating meaning for oneself and for others.
Most of the summit's talks were recorded and released free as a podcast, distributed through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and an RSS feed. Episode topics listed on the site include belonging and culturally sensitive spiritual practice, formation in small groups, ritual design, deconversion, purpose-driven campaigning, conspiracy theories and New Age spiritualities, and invented religions. The site counts 58 episodes in total across the summit recordings and a second series it calls Rewilding.
The website presents the talks as a source of new ideas for bringing what it calls "matters of ultimate concern" into one's own life and the lives of others. Its footer credits the work to the Open Div Project, and the site also hosts a directory of the summit's speakers alongside a gallery and an FAQ.
References
- OpenDiv, opendiv.org