{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Shock Absorber","title":"Has the suburban identity colonised the church?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3085,"description":"Stu and Tim return to continue their intellectual stoush around Stu's Phd work. It leads to a discussion around the impact of suburbia from the 1950s onwards and the loss of community due to the subsequent individualism and materialism.\nThat also leads to questions about the church. Have Christians been lead to conflate the values of the gospel with the values of a middle class suburban identity? While the Bible affirms some aspects of culture but also critiques other aspects, what is the value of Christians living a counter-cultural lifestyle in a world that tells them not to?\n00:00 Intro\n01:14 Stu's trip to Collarenebri River Convention\n06:59 The intellectual stoush between Stu and Tim continues\n21:09 The impact of suburbia\n32:39 Suburban happiness is challenged by the gospel\n44:52 Is the Shock Absorber a new model of ministry or strategic?\nDISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE\n\nThe Rest is History podcast\nThe Tree of Man, by Patrick White\nBowling Alone, Robert Putnam\nRay Oldenburg\nHey, Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone!, by Craig Schuftan\nCONTACT US\n\nShock Absorber Email: joel@shockabsorber.com.au\nShock Absorber Website: shockabsorber.com.au\nSoul Revival Shop: soulrevival.shop\nCheck out what else Soul Revival is up to here","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Xefvzfzzrkbs1GjU01qCch0kUaJzwBthG2qO_sgqCm8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzg4NjYvMTU4NTEz/OTEyOS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}