Personally, I love it when companies as large as Nokia speak into moments of tech and faith. And when the conversation goes beyond applications, then it is somehting that really piques interest. Here’s a snippet of their latest article on the topic App-aggedon – Should mobiles do God?:

…Religion has never been afraid of making the most of modern technology. The printing press drove popular readings of the Bible and spread the Protestant Reformation across Europe, and, more recently, the US has become the home of TV evangelists. So it makes sense that the next stage of ‘spreading the word’ would happen on mobile phones. 

Bible apps and guides are some of the most popular reference downloads from the Nokia Store, and Nokia’s team in Pakistan have run a successful campaign to tell people about a host of Ramadan apps. The new Nokia font, Nokia Pure, was specifically designed to accommodate both the Torah and the Koran.  

Mobile technology is a useful tool for anyone wanting to connect with a large congregation, and it can create a powerful sense of a global community – but are mobiles changing the nature of religion…

Read the rest of App-aggedon – Should mobiles do God? At the Nokia Conversations blog, and put your voice into the conversation. What is the place of mobile tech when it comes to faith, and why should we broker that conversation beyond apps and evangelism?

Note: the image in this post turns to a now defunt service (TruthText); we have pointed to some SMS (text) service providers which are up and able to do similar services. If you have others we should be highlighting, do poke us (contact page, Twitter).