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The Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben recently observed: “There are no authors today who could console themselves by thinking that their work will be read in a century (by what kind of human beings?)…” The emergence of new web technologies, coupled with the formation of new online communities, raises sharply this question of “what kind of human beings” might exist a century from now. This paper analyzes the contemporary Web 2.0 environment, and explores the way in which these web technologies shape and form our interior human and spiritual landscapes. Focusing especially on the role of blogging in contemporary theology, the paper argues that theological discourse is itself rapidly changing and adapting under the impact of new technologies and new forms of human interaction (just as in earlier periods theological discourse changed under the impact of new printing technologies). The paper will suggest some possible answers to the questions: what kind of self is formed by blogging? And what kind of theology?