The other book
I've contributed a chapter to another book, publishing in 2023
Hi there.
The next time I email, I expect to share the cover art, release date, and even a pre-order link (!!) for Untrustworthy. Today, however, I have something else to pass along.
This past fall, right after I filed my manuscript for Untrustworthy, I also wrote a chapter for another book. I can’t recall if I’ve mentioned it here before, but it’s a more academic text, with chapters by a bunch of different contributors. As of today, I’m cleared to show you the cover. I had no input and can take no credit, but I like it a lot:
The editor is Jason Thacker, tech ethicist at the ERLC, the public policy branch of the Southern Baptist Convention. He also has a podcast—of nearly the same name as the book—where he interviews writers like Alan Noble, Jonathan Rauch, and Jeffrey Bilbro, all of whose work I’ve recommended in previous posts here.
The Digital Public Square won’t release until early 2023, so it’s not online to order quite yet, but I’ll pass that link along when I have it. For now, though, you can peek at the table of contents here:
My contribution is about the legal, ethical, and practical value and feasibility of porn ban proposals popular among many American Christians and conservatives. This isn’t an issue I cover often, but you can get a partial sense of my take in this 2019 piece I wrote at The Week.
The chapter, of course, is much more in-depth and explores questions I didn’t have space to consider there. I was a little surprised—but pleasantly so—that my libertarian angle on this was welcome in a book that may well be used in many Southern Baptist college and seminary classes, and that reach is part of why I was so pleased to be asked to contribute.
I’ll be in touch again soon, perhaps by the end of this month, to reveal the Untrustworthy cover! It’s so good; I can barely wait to share it.
Best,
Bonnie
