ECOLOGIES OF FAITH IN A DIGITAL AGE

Technological innovation has changed nearly everything about human life, including how we teach and learn.

Many Christian professors and institutions have embraced new technologies, especially online education. But as followers of Jesus Christ, we face the same call to grow in our faith. So how should we think about and approach Christian education in light of new technologies? Is it possible for us to grow spiritually through our digital communities?

Steve Lowe and Mary Lowe,longtime proponents of online education, trace the motif of spiritual growth through Scripture and consider how students and professors alike might foster digital ecologies in which spiritual growth―even transformation―can take place.

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Stephen D. Lowe (PhD, Michigan State University) is a professor of practical theology in the School of Divinity at Liberty University. He has served for forty years in Christian higher education as both a professor and administrator. He and his wife, Mary, coauthored Biblical Foundations for an Ecology of Digital Ministry and Ecologies of Faith in a Digital Age. They live in Concord, Virginia. 

Mary E. Lowe (EdD, Nova Southeastern University) is chair and professor in the School of Divinity at Liberty University. Her areas of specialization include online education, leadership, and spiritual formation. She and her husband, Stephen, coauthored Biblical Foundations for an Ecology of Digital Ministry and Ecologies of Faith in a Digital Age. They live in Concord, Virginia.