Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • From the Garden to the City

  • The Place of Technology in the Story of God
  • By: John Dyer
  • Narrated by: Mike Lenz
  • Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
From the Garden to the City cover art

From the Garden to the City

By: John Dyer
Narrated by: Mike Lenz
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £13.00

Buy Now for £13.00

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Next Story cover art
The Age of AI cover art
Flickering Pixels cover art
Redeeming How We Talk cover art
Analog Church cover art
Wendell Berry and the Given Life cover art
Asking Better Questions of the Bible cover art
Slow Church cover art
What Are Christians For? cover art
The Wisdom Pyramid cover art
Becoming Whole cover art
Reframation cover art
Church 3.0 cover art
In Search of the Common Good cover art
Faith for Exiles cover art
Disruptive Witness cover art

Summary

From ancient tools to modern devices, technology is part of what it means to be human and honor God

Christian discussion of technology tends to focus along prescriptive lines. Don't look at the wrong pictures. Don't interact with pride or wrath on social media. Be careful not to join an immodest TikTok trend. Listen only to Christian music and Christian podcasts.

But a biblical perspective on technology goes far deeper than how tools are used, and involves much more than the electronics that pervade today's world. Technology is, in fact, a foundational part of what it means to be human—and it extends back to the very beginning of Creation. Technology was included in what God declared "good." But like all things impacted by the fall, it has immense power to rewire us for good or bad.

John Dyer's popular From the Garden to the City is back in this fully revised and updated edition, moving beyond moralism in order to examine the very nature of technology as essentially human and totally transformative. Perfect for both classroom use and individual contemplation, this book encourages listeners to open their minds to see our technological world with biblical vision.

©2011, 2022 John Dyer (P)2022 eChristian

What listeners say about From the Garden to the City

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.