Digital Public Square

A conversation with Dr. Alan Noble on the false promises of contemporary life


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In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Alan Noble, professor and author of the recent book, You Are Not Your Own: Belonging to God in an Inhuman World. Today, we talk about false promises of contemporary life and how the gospel reorients our pursuit of identity in the digital age.

Meet Dr. Noble: 
Alan Noble (PhD, Baylor University) is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, co-founder and editor in chief of Christ and Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign. He is also the author of Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age. He has written for numerous outlets, including Atlantic, Vox, BuzzFeed, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, and First Things.

Resources:

  • You Are Not Your Own by Alan Noble
  • Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy
  • Leisure by Josef Pieper
  • Liquid Modernity by Zygmunt Bauman
  • The Weariness of the Self by Alain Ehrenberg
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