Every two or three weeks, Susannah and I will post on our free Substack, The Anchored Argosy. Within our posts, we give an update on our news, share some photos, and provide links to recent things we have produced. In each post, I will also usually share some thoughts on a subject that has been on my mind over the period. In our latest Substack post, I shared some thoughts on Aaron Renn’s recent book, Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture. I also recorded an audio form of the reflection which is available on YouTube and on my podcast.
Tag: Internet
Internet Anonymity
In a conversation sparked by Patrick Miller’s recent Mere Orthodoxy article, Andrew, Matt, and I discuss the ethics of identity online, especially with reference to anonymity and pseudonymity.
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Technology, Community, and Identity (Theopolis Technology Series)
I’ve been away or otherwise occupied for the last couple of months, so haven’t kept up to date in posting here. That should be changing over the next few days, as I expect to get back to regular posting of biblical reflections. Here are three short videos I produced for Theopolis, in the continuing series on technology.
Technology, Formation, Community, and Narrative in the Digital Age (Michael Sacasas)
Michael Sacasas, one of the most thoughtful contemporary commentators on technology and media, joins me for a wide-ranging conversation.
Read more of his work here:
‘The Analog City and the Digital City’
‘Narrative Collapse’
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The Frailest Thing blog
Frailest Thing compilation book
Recommended Books:
Neil Postman, Technopoly
Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media
Walter Ong, Orality and Literacy
Albert Borgmann, Power Failure
Ivan Illich, Tools for Conviviality
Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society
Analog Church (Interview with Jay Kim)
Jay Kim, pastor of teaching and leadership at Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, California, and one of the leaders of the ReGeneration Project, joins me to discuss his new book: Analog Church: Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age.
Occult Spirituality with Dr Tara Isabella Burton
On this week’s Mere Fidelity, Matt, Derek, and I were joined by Dr Tara Isabella Burton to discuss the rise in occult spirituality. The following are some of the articles and books mentioned in the course of the episode:
“The Rise of Progressive Occultism” by Tara Isabella Burton
“The Religious Hunger of the Radical Right” by Tara Isabella Burton
“The Religious Hunger That Drives Jordan Peterson’s Fandom:
Jordan Peterson, The Alt-Right, and the Reactionary Allure of Mythology” by Tara Isabella Burton
Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan And Tumblr To Trump And The Alt-Right by Angela Nagle
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Clickbait
In today’s world, where there seems to be an overflow of information, is clickbaiting justified?
The Challenge of Navigating Social Media, an Interview with Glen Scrivener
From Gutenberg to YouVersion: The Word of God and the Technology of the Word
My recent Davenant Institute lecture on the subject of the significance of textual technologies for our engagement with Scripture has just been posted on Youtube:
I recently enjoyed watching Dr. Christopher Schlect’s highly informative and stimulating lecture in the same series.
Adversaria Videos and Podcasts 