Surface Tensions -- Nathan Roberts

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Surface Tensions

Searching for Sacred Connection in a Media-saturated World

by Nathan Roberts

For some, our media-saturated culture points to the decline of Western civilization; for others, it points to the dawn of a bright future. For Nathan Roberts, the mediated landscape is a place to thoughtfully engage with these tensions. This unique memoir, meditative and philosophical, chronicles Nathan's absorption in the vital, inspiring, and often maddening power of media and entertainment. With wry self-effacement and raw honesty, he calls us to conceive of media not only as an abstract, postmodern phenomenon, but as a digital architecture that creates real meeting space. Exploring social media, music, film, art, theater, standup comedy, and more, Nathan shows us a world of entertainment that reflects the universal hunger for connection. | read more»

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Exploring social media, music, film, art, theater, standup comedy, and more, Nathan Roberts shows us a world of entertainment that reflects the universal hunger for connection. | read more »

Surface Tensions: A Q&A with Millennial Author Nathan Roberts

"'Surface Tensions' refers to the tension between inside and outside, isolation and interaction, solipsism and interpersonal unity," explains Roberts. | read more »

A More Meaningful Understanding of Media: An Article by Nathan Roberts

"We need to think about media with greater honesty––and with greater imagination." | read more »

Praise for "Surface Tensions"

"We Christians are called to faithfully live in the world that is, a world of screens and recordings and text messages. Nate's honesty, humor, and insight help us see how that might be accomplished." —From the Foreword by Alissa Wilkinson, Critic at Large, Christianity Today | read more »

Read an Excerpt From "Surface Tensions"

"If we all collectively groan at the mention of 'media'—and of course we do—that gives us all the more reason to save the term from further denigration." | read more »

Nathan Roberts Talks About "Surface Tensions"

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