The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, and Church

By Shane Hipps

Seeing but Not Perceiving

There is a hidden force at work in our culture shaping our life of faith.  Unfortunately most of us fail to perceive it.   We have the ability to see what’s happening.  We see the way cell phones, Internet blogs, and TV channels permeate our culture.  But few of us can truly perceive what these things have the capacity to do, and undo. 

Like the magician’s sleight-of-hand, we are distracted and enamored by the entertainment and efficiency of our technologies.  But most of us stand oblivious to trick played on our mind.   Despite our best intentions, and regardless of what information our media convey, all media have a hidden bias with the power to shape nearly every aspect of life without our ever knowing it.

We fail to see the way in which Television and Internet blogging make the writings of Paul nearly obsolete.  We miss the way these same technologies revive the gospel stories and the parables taught by Jesus. 

Asking the Right Questions

Not all is dire however.  There is great promise as well as peril in our technological society.  But we will never make our way through the maelstrom of our media if we don’t stop and ask the right questions before moving forward.   

The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture asks the right questions, and provides some important answers.   It reveals the subtle secrets of electronic culture and the hidden ways it is shaping culture, faith, and the church.

This is not a book about “technology;” it is ultimately a book about faith, community, worship, and the future of the church.  Providing both history and prophecy, The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture invites us to engage new cultural realities while staying connected to our spiritual heritage.

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