Andy is partner for theology and culture at Praxis, which works as a creative engine for redemptive entrepreneurship. His two most recent books - 2017's The Tech-Wise Family and 2016's - build on the compelling vision of faith, culture, and the image of God laid out in his previous books, Playing God and Culture Making. Andy serves on the governing boards of Fuller Theological Seminary and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. For more than ten years he was an editor and producer at Christianity Today, including serving as executive editor from 2012 to 2016. He served the John Templeton Foundation in 2017 as senior strategist for communication. His work and writing have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time and several editions of Best Christian Writing and Best Spiritual Writing - and, most importantly, received a shout-out in Lecrae's 2014 single. From 1998 to 2003, Andy was the editor-in-chief of re:generation quarterly, a magazine for an emerging generation of culturally creative Christians. For ten years he was a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University. He studied classics at Cornell University and received an M.Div. summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theology. A classically trained musician who draws on pop, folk, rock, jazz, and gospel, he has led musical worship for congregations of 5 to 20,000. He lives with his family in Pennsylvania.
A fascinating and eye-opening book on the need to discover what
might, perhaps, be called the Holy Ghost in the machine.
*Tom Holland, author of Dominion: The Making of the Western
Mind*
It is time to coin the term "Crouchian" for writing that is
profound, accessible and challenging, theologically rich and widely
relevant. Only a handful can do it and Andy is the master. This
book troubled and inspired me in equal measure.
*Elizabeth Oldfield, host of the Sacred podcast*
If you harbour a suspicion that the latest technological advance
may not be all good news or that the latest life-changing gadget
may not be life-changing, at least not for the better, then this
book is for you. While far from being a Luddite manifesto, it asks
some big questions about what it means to be a person and how
technology might serve that end rather that hinder it. More than
that, it begins to sketch out a better way of being human together.
Read it, then give it to a friend and talk it through -
face-to-face.
*Tim Chester, author and senior faculty member of Crosslands
Training*
This is a timely and prophetic remedy for our lonely, isolated
times. I cannot recommend it enough.
*Sheridan Voysey, presenter of Pause for Thought on BBC Radio
2*
In his book, Andy Crouch offers us a way through our
technologically driven world that is both realistic and
challenging. However, more than this, he gives us a compelling
vision for a life lived to the full, one that hits directly at our
hearts and ignites our deepest human desires. This book breaks the
enchantment that technology has cast over us, propelling us to
abundant human living.
*Dr Sara Schumancher, Lecturer at St Mellitus College*
If the genius of apocalyptic literature is to unveil concealed
truths, then this book is apocalyptic. Andy Crouch exposes deep and
uncomfortable realities about our world and our selves: how
technology, money and convenience veil dynamics of slavery,
addiction and abuse, and how aspects of modern society seduce us to
pawn our personhood for superficial superpowers that diminish our
humanity. This is crucial reading for everyone who wants to
understand the devices and desires of our contemporary hearts.
*Christopher Watkins, Professor at Monash University,
Australia*
Whimsical and sincere, perturbing and delightfully hopeful, The
Life We're Looking For is a meditation on love, loneliness and
human connection from one of the most insightful writers in his
field.
*Alastair Gordon, artist and author of WHY ART MATTERS*
This book, at once prophetic and wise, is just what we've been
looking for. Andy is a trusted guide to make culture and places
where life can flourish. But in the face of big-tech and its
magical promises, we need his vision to form the kind of whole-life
persons able to resist false charm and instead seek the peace of
the city.
*Dr Dave Benson, Director of Culture and Discipleship at The London
Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC)*
In this acutely insightful exploration of our relationship with
technology and with one another, Andy Crouch gives us a direct line
back to the scriptures that will have you questioning the endless
scrolling that consumes so many of our waking hours.
*James Poulter, CEO of Vixex Labs*
Profound, captivating and wise. Andy Crouch combines penetrating
and astute insights into our all-pervasive technological culture,
with fresh retelling of the revolutionary communities that the
early Christian church established. An inspiring and hopeful read
for those who are feeling weighed down by social polarisation and
post-pandemic gloom.
*John Wyatt, Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, Ethics and
Perinatology, UCL*
This elegantly written book should start a conversation and I trust
lead to a shift in our thinking and practice
*Inspire Magazine*
thought provoking...he deftly describes how the advances of
technology have led to a loss of the resource of rich
relationships... but also demonstrates how relationships can be
reclaimed...
*Life and Work Magazine*
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