Elves, Boomers, and Influencers: What We’re Reading

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Russell Moore

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Welcome to a new quarterly feature of The Russell Moore Show: all about books! The enthusiastic listener response to the “Best of Books 2022” episode encouraged Russell and producer Ashley Hales to share their recent reads more often. Tune in for a conversation that celebrates reading widely while also going deep into a few books, specifically Looking for the Hidden Folk by Nancy Marie Brown. This episode delves into the tendency to praise or criticize people based on their generation, the effect of social media and influencers, and genre-bending works by both Christian and secular authors. Books discussed on this episode include: Looking for the Hidden Folk: How Iceland’s Elves Can Save The Earth by Nancy Marie Brown The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien A Secular Age by Charles Taylor His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America by Philip Bump The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane The works of Eugene Peterson Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam The Influencer Industry: The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media by Emily Hund Speaking of books, pre-order Russell’s new title, Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America, here! Do you have a question for Russell Moore? Send it to questions@russellmoore.com. Ashley Hales is the producer of The Russell Moore Show, founder of Willowbrae Institute, and an author. Find out more at aahales.com. Click here for a trial membership at Christianity Today. “The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today Executive Producers: Erik Petrik, Russell Moore, and Mike Cosper Host: Russell Moore Producer: Ashley Hales Associate Producers: Abby Perry and Azurae Phelps CT Administration: Christine Kolb Social Media: Kate Lucky Director of Operations for CT Media: Matt Stevens Production Assistance: coreMEDIA Audio Engineer: Kevin Duthu Coordinator: Beth Grabenkort Video Producer: John Roland Theme Song: “Dusty Delta Day” by Lennon Hutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.1	slash select today. Oh, All right, welcome to the Russell Moore show. I am Ashley Hales and I get the privilege and
1:15.2	pleasure of producing the Russell Moore show and we wanted to bring you kind of
1:20.4	somewhat regularly a quarterly books episode.
1:25.0	So if you have not yet listened back in December,
1:29.3	we published the best books of 2022.
1:32.5	It's been a super popular episode
1:35.1	because everyone has lots of good questions
1:37.2	about what Russell Moore is reading.
1:39.2	So we wanted to bring that throughout the year to you.
1:42.7	And we hope that this conversation will
1:44.5	will be profitable for you to help pick up a new book, maybe,
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