About this episode

The episode features a discussion on Paul Kingsnorth's book 'Against the Machine' and its implications for Christians in a technological society.

Every now and then, a book comes along that makes such a sweeping, powerful and insightful argument about the nature of our lives, our world and our culture that it leaves you disturbed and almost disoriented, as if the ground has shifted under your feet and you’re not quite sure where you’re standing anymore. Paul Kingsnorth’s book, Against the Machine, is like this. It’s very broadly speaking a Christian book—or at least, is written from the perspective of a Christian worldview—and it makes a quite stunning argument about the dysfunctional nature of our contemporary, very technological machine-like society that resonates very deeply and yet raises many questions. In this episode of the CCL podcast, Tony Payne talks to speaker, author and cultural analyst Stephen McAlpine about these questions, and about the strengths and weaknesses of Kingsnorth’s book and what it means for our lives as Christians in this machine-like culture we inhabit. For an edited transcript and show notes, visit our website . To ask questions or to get in touch with us about this series, send us a voice memo or email to ccl AT moore edu au . Find out more and register for “Left right out: The strange…

People in this episode

Host: Tony Payne

Guest: Stephen McAlpine

Topics covered

• Christian worldview
• technology
• cultural analysis
• society
• dysfunction
• book discussion

Keywords

• Christianity
• technology
• cultural critique
• society
• book review
• Stephen McAlpine
• Paul Kingsnorth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Centre for Christian Living

Books & works: Against the Machine

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