Alan Noble
American author and English professor known for writing on Christian faith and contemporary culture; cofounder of Christ and Pop Culture and author of Disruptive Witness (2018), You Are Not Your Own (2021), and On Getting Out of Bed (2023).
Books
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1. On Getting Out Of Bed
The Burden and Gift of Living
A compassionate Christian reflection on persevering through mental and emotional suffering, arguing that the simple act of continuing to live—getting out of bed—is a profound moral good. It rejects quick fixes and platitudes, destigmatizes seeking help, and offers gentle, practical encouragement to endure one day at a time, lean on community and professional care, and find meaning and hope in ordinary faithfulness.
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2. You Are Not Your Own
Belonging to God in an Insecure Age
This book traces how the early promise of user control on digital platforms has eroded as designers, companies, and algorithms increasingly shape behavior, extract data, and monetize attention; combining history, case studies, and cultural critique, it exposes practices like dark patterns, surveillance-driven business models, and platform gatekeeping, and argues that the problem is not individual ignorance but systemic design choices and power imbalances that require collective remedies—stronger regulation, new institutional accountability, and technology built around democratic values rather than mere user-facing rhetoric.
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