In this episode, Rachel and Matthew interview Michael Toy, a teaching fellow at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington. Michael’s doctorate focuses on experiences of minority Christians' engagement with technology. Rachel and Matt chat with Michael about faith, misinformation, digital religion, and the role of technology in loving our neighbours. Michael thoughtfully highlights hope in paying attention to God’s Kingdom breaking into our world.
Show notes
- Digital theology: A proposal and the need for diverse voices (Stephen Garner, 2020)
- Faith in the Age of the iPod (Vincent Miller, 2010)
- Jacques Ellul on technique (1983)
- Three Mile an Hour God: Biblical Reflections (Kosuke Koyama, 1980)
- Threats against Māori women not taken seriously, says city councillor (Stuff.co.nz, 20 July 2022)
- Evil (TV Series 2019–, IMDb)
- Huia Come Home (Jay Ruka, 2018)
- Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index
- Te Mana Raraunga – Māori Data Sovereignty Network
- How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis (Atlantic Monthly, 19 July 2022)
- Transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate hearing (The Washington Post, 10 April 2018)
- Read Mercer Schuchardt, Wheaton College
- The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical (Shane Claiborne, 2016)
- Foreword to Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Neil Postman, 1985)
- The Reckless Way of Love: Notes on Following Jesus (Dorothy Day, 2017)
- False Divides (Lana Lopesi, 2018)
- Worldmaking knowledge: What the doctrine of omniscience can help us understand about digitization (Hanna Reichel, 2019)
- Transgressive Devotion: Theology as Performance Art (Natalie Wigg-Stevenson, 2021)
- Free West Papua campaign
- West Papua students secure future in New Zealand with new jobs | Stuff.co.nz (Stuff.co.nz, 14 Aug 2022)