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Modern Americans have collective attention deficiency; our ability to read entire books, track complex arguments, or listen intently is collapsing. Hunter and Autumn turn to two articles to examine what this collapse of attention may mean for the church in the modern era.

Church leaders and Christian Bible college professors are noting a “double literacy loss” within their respective communities. Trevin Wax and Brad East describe the first loss as “biblical literacy loss.” Familiarity with biblical themes and stories was once high in the American populace but is now uncommon even among regular church attenders. The second loss is “general literacy loss” due to the widespread collapse of attention. If reading and study are declining, as these authors contest, how will a rising generation of Christians engage Scripture?

Resources mentioned in this episode:
"Bible Reading in an Age of Double Literacy Loss" by Trevin Wax (https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/bible-reading-literacy-loss/ (http://(https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/bible-reading-literacy-loss/) )

"Double Literacy Loss" by Brad East (https://www.bradeast.org/blog/double-literacy-loss (http://(https://www.bradeast.org/blog/double-literacy-loss) )

"Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World" by Maryanne Wolf (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062388770 (http://(https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062388770) )

"Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention - and How to Think Deeply Again" by Johann Hari (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FYHKYFJ (http://(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FYHKYFJ) )