Antonin Ficatier

• MA in Christian Education and Formation, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA, 2016                                     
• BA in Theology, Institut Protestant de Théologie (IPT), Paris, France, 2014
• MA in International Business, ESCE International Business School, Paris, France, 2011
• BA in Economics, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China, 2010                      

I was born and raised in France, where I started my career as an entrepreneur. In 2011, I founded a training center dedicated to teaching Mandarin Chinese in Paris.

I hold a BA in Economics from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, an MA in International Business from ESCE Paris, a BA (Hons) in Theology from the Institut Protestant de Théologie in Paris/University of Strasbourg (dual degree) and an MA in Christian Education and Formation from Princeton Theological Seminary.

I live with my wife Jess in Surrey, where I serve as Youth Minister in a Church of England. I speak and write on youth ministry, social innovation, and technology.

The assumption and starting point of my work is that new communication practices through social media platforms are so engrained in our daily life that they ought to be analyzed with care. In the words of Albert Borgmann: “We want to approach technology where it has become part of our life in the most inconspicuous, but also the most inescapable fashion” (Borgmann, 1972). As a Christian ethicist, I believe social media practices ought to be analyzed through a theological lens. The question we need to ask is the following: what does Christian theology has to say to an ubiquitous virtual space that gives users a sense of “intimacy with millions”, as accurately and prophetically described by media theorists Joshua Meyrowitz (Meyrowitz, 1985)?

 

• Cumberland Lodge Scholar 2020-2022
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