Faith Formation 4.0: Introducing an Ecology of Faith in a Digital Age

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Using an ecological approach to study how emerging technologies impact individual and communal formation, Faith Formation 4.0 looks at how our efforts to be story-keepers, story-sharers, and story-makers have evolved over four eras of human communication.Framed by the Great Commission imperative to "make disciples," this book offers a road map to help leaders develop goals to form, inform, and transform new members, as well as long-time believers, within a faith community. The author successfully illustrates that church success depends not only on knowing the Christian message of God's enduring love, but also how to use today's tools appropriately for evangelization and faith formation.

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Julie Anne Lytle, PhD. is a leader in efforts to blend face-to-face and online interaction in theological education, she combines academic training in journalism/advertising, theology, and religious education; professional experience as a producer using every form of media; and pastoral experience in congregations, dioceses, national and university settings. She holds an interdisciplinary doctorate in Religion and Education from Boston College and MDiv from the University of Notre Dame. Recently on the faculty at the Episcopal Divinity School, she is now the Executive Director of Province I of The Episcopal Church and a consultant for digital learning at Virginia Theological Seminary.