Brad Kallenberg (God and Gadgets: Following Jesus in a Technological Age) makes a couple excellent points as he discusses the characteristics of a “gift culture”, in contrast to an instrumental culture. I thought these were particularly helpful reflection points, this time of year. Moving beyond reciprocal giving Most of us are taught to reciprocate. That keep reading
I’ve been reading Brad Kallenberg’s insightful book, “God and Gadgets: Following Jesus in a Technological Age“. He makes some points that are quite pertinent this time of year, I think. In chapter 4, he develops the idea that technology in not neutral but instead comes with its own worldview, with instrumentalism as a prominent feature. keep reading
Dr. David McAnulty is Associate Professor of Psychology at Abilene Christian University.
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