The digital age isn't that new, argues Jeff Bilbro in his latest book, Words for Conviviality: Media Technologies and Practices of Hope. In this episode of What Would Jesus Tech, we ask him about the book, its thesis, the value of metaphors, the potential pushback from Barba-Kay, how the printed word is not necessarily the more moral medium and more.

0:00 - Intro

5:15 - Print to Digital Thesis

13:30 - Media Metaphors

22:50 - Walking

31:21 - Is Digital Different?

36:09 - Not Nostalgia. Postman Was Wrong (sometimes).

42:57 - Conviviality, Friendship, and Podcasting

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How might we be misunderstanding anxiety and mental health? Is it really an addiction crisis rather than a mental health crisis?

This episode is a far-ranging conversation with WWJT co-host Andrew Noble (PhD Candidate, Nottingham University) and Matthew LaPine, author of The Logic of the Body. We dive into different visions for viewing human persons, how science might inform our understanding, and Matt's own growth and challenges amidst his work.

0:00 - Intro

05:35 - Undoing the "anxiety as sin" paradigm and The Logic of the Body

15:30 - Is the mental health crisis really a digital addiction crisis?

20:05 - Embodiment and Neuroplasticity

27:10 - Loneliness

30:15 - PhD Experience and Challenges

Matthew LaPine (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is the Christian Education Director at Citylight Omaha. His book, The Logic of the Body, was a finalist for Christianity Today's book of the year in 2022.

Andrew briefly references a tiered Thomistic Anthropology: https://www.whatwouldjesustech.com/all-episodes/a-thomistic-case-for-ai-souls (see links in that episode)

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The God of the Scriptures has revealed himself in various ways, but which way does He prefer? In this episode, we have a far-ranging conversation with an expert in Scripture who has also studied media ecology. We dive into why God might prefer some mediums over others, tech criticism and wise adoption, tech in worship, the technology of the book, and even Andrew's new favorite subject, technology and idolatry!

Alastair Roberts (PhD, Durham University) works for both the Theopolis Institute and the Davenant Institute. He participates in the Mere Fidelity and Theopolis podcasts, writes at The Anchored Argosy, tweets at @zugzwanged, and sails the blue sky at zugzwanged.bsky.social.

0:00 - Intro

2:30 - God's Preferred Medium

33:50 - How Should Christians Adopt Technology? New Mediums?

39:24 - Is there a "Christian" tech criticism?

52:32 - Idolatry and Technology Similarities

We reference John Dyer's People of the Screen a few times. We recorded an episode with John discussing his book here.

Read Meditations On Moloch here.