Replay: Put Social Media In Its Place with Andy Crouch

Replay: Put Social Media In Its Place with Andy Crouch

February 18, 2026 · 51 min · Season 3 · Episode 5

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of social media and video games on the formation of young men and women with guest Andy Crouch.

In this Replay episode, Matthew Lee Anderson, Derek Rishmawy, and Alistair Roberts are joined by Andy Crouch — Partner for Theology and Culture at Praxis — to examine what the data on social media and video games reveals about the diverging formation of young men and women. The conversation turns on a pointed question: what happens when the skills adolescence develops are simulations rather than realities? And what does that mean for formative communities — home, school, and church — that bear responsibility for shaping persons, not just managing behaviors? - Mere Fidelity is a podcast from Mere Orthodoxy and is listener-supported. If you would like to support this work, become a Mere Orthodoxy Member today at http://mereorthodoxy.com/membership . Get 30% of the Baker Book of the Month, R30 Key Moments in the History of Christianity: Inspiring True Stories from the Early Church Around the World, by going to: http://bakerbookhouse.com/pages/mere-fidelity Apply for a full-tuition scholarship for Beeson Divinity School's M.Div program that begins Fall 2026 here: https://bit.ly/beesonscholarships - Chapters 2:00 — Guest Introduction: Andy Crouch 3:00 — The Tweet: Social Media, Video…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matthew Lee Anderson, Derek Rishmawy, Alistair Roberts

Guest: Andy Crouch

Sponsors

Mere Orthodoxy, Baker Book House, Beeson Divinity School

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Praxis, Mere Orthodoxy, Beeson Divinity School

Products: Baker Book of the Month

Books & works: R30 Key Moments in the History of Christianity: Inspiring True Stories from the Early Church Around the World

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