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Scrolling Ourselves to Death

Reclaiming Life in a Digital Age

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Scrolling Ourselves to Death

By: Brett McCracken, Ivan Mesa, Collin Hansen, Read Mercer Schuchardt, Joe Carter, Jen Pollock Michel, Hans Madueme, Samuel James, Nathan A. Finn, Jay Y. Kim, Patrick Miller, Keith Plummer, Thaddeus Williams, G. Shane Morris, Andrew Spencer
Narrated by: Lyle Blaker
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Christian Wisdom for Our Tech-Saturated Age

The rapid advance of digital technology is reshaping our world and warping our minds. The onslaught of social media and smartphones has brought an appetite for distraction, an epidemic of loneliness, and increased rates of mental unhealth. For Christians, the digital revolution has profound implications for spiritual formation and mission. How should believers respond to the theological and discipleship challenges of scrolling life?

On the 40th anniversary of Neil Postman's prophetic book Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985), Scrolling Ourselves to Death gathers today's most incisive writers to think critically about the shaping power of contemporary technology. This book explores Postman's insights, connects them to the challenges facing Christians today, and turns difficult challenges into life-giving opportunities for the church. Stepping back from their screens, listeners will be equipped to live faithfully, and grow spiritually, in a "scrolling ourselves to death" world.

  • Practical: Includes action steps listeners can use to reclaim a healthy life in a tech-saturated world
  • Wise: Helps listeners become more discerning in the way they think about and utilize technology
  • Useful for Church Leaders or Ministry Staff: Perfect for those who want to help those they lead think more carefully about technology
  • Expert Contributors: Features insights from a wide variety of leading Christian thinkers on technology, faith, and culture

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Using Postman's prophetic description of USA TV culture in 1985 as a model (although not uncritically), 40 years later this book helpfully collates a coherent range of different analyses of contemporary online, social media algorithm driven culture.

The book is even more useful because, particularly in the final sections, it makes a serious effort to identify methods, behaviour patterns, and lifestyles that enable Christians individually, in families, and in churches, to cope, flourish, and live distinctively in an always on world.

Great book, well read

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