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Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith (2009)

By Shane Hipps

Flickering Pixels make up the screens of life— from TVs to cell phones. They are nearly invisible, but they change us. This is the story of how technology shapes our life and faith without our knowledge or permission.

A decade ago, media guru Marshall McLuhan coined the now-famous phrase "The Medium is the Message." Author Shane Hipps, examines McLuhan's famous adage— and draws shocking conclusions for people of faith.

In this provocative book, Hipps takes readers beneath the surface of things to see how the technologies we use end up using us.

Not all is dire, however. "Hidden things have far less power to shape us when they aren't hidden anymore," writes Hipps. "We are only puppets of our technology if we remain asleep."

Flickering Pixels will wake you up. And nothing will look the same again.

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Foreword by Brian McLaren

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The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, and Church (2006)

By Shane Hipps

No previous age has ever seen such a dizzying array of media and technology. These things are not simply neutral tools. They shape everything from individuals to institutions. Written with an eye to the challenges facing church leaders, The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture uncovers the subtle secrets of electronic culture and the hidden ways it shapes the gospel, leadership, community, and worship.

At the heart of the book is the question, how do we form people of faith in a media-drenched culture? The answer takes shape as Hipps provides an accessible introduction to the brilliant and sometimes opaque insights of the long forgotten cultural prophet Marshall McLuhan.

Part history, part prophecy, The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture is intended to help church leaders understand and faithfully navigate the perpetual changes in our culture.