Understand Global Individuality in the Context of its Meaning, Identity, and Faith in a Globally Connected World.
Global Individuality is a framework for understanding how individuals now live, learn, and seek meaning as autonomous actors within a globally connected digital environment.
Developed by Dr. Mark Flattery, Global Individuality explains why the digital world has shifted identity formation away from institutions and groups and toward the individual. You will discover why this moment matters profoundly for culture, technology, and faith.
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What Is Global Individuality?
Global Individuality is a mindset that empowers the individual in the global marketplace. It describes the reality that every person online participates in a global marketplace of ideas, relationships, and meaning as an individual. They are no longer constrained by geography, culture, language, social status, or physical limitations.
While individuals remain grounded in the real world, the digital world enables unprecedented agency, reach, and influence to grow beyond their physical realities and expand their worldview. This shift has reshaped how people understand themselves, how they engage truth, and how they respond to faith.
Global Individuality is not a trend. It is the defining condition of life in the digital age.
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The Global Individuality Framework
Global Individuality is explored through four foundational articles. Together, they form a coherent framework for understanding definition, identity, cost, technology, artificial intelligence, and faith in today’s digital world.
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What Is Global Individuality?
The Foundational Definition
This article introduces the concept of Global Individuality, explains why it emerged, and defines its core characteristics in a globally connected digital environment.
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Global Individuality and the Church in the Digital New World
Technology, Identity, and the Individual
This article explores how digital technology has reshaped identity formation, authority, belonging, and meaning while placing unprecedented power in the hands of the individual.
→ Explore the Digital Opportunity
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The Spiritual Cost of Global Individuality
What AI Changes—and What It Does Not
This article examines the spiritual cost of Global Individuality on individuals in the digital new world.
→ Discover the Spiritual Costs
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Global Individuality and Faith
Why This Moment Matters for the Church
This article considers the spiritual and missional implications of Global Individuality, explaining why the digital age represents both a challenge and an unprecedented opportunity for the Gospel.
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Why Global Individuality Matters
The rise of Global Individuality has changed:
- How people discover truth.
- How identity is formed.
- How authority is perceived.
- How faith is encountered.
- How the Gospel can be shared.
Understanding Global Individuality is essential for leaders, educators, technologists, and people of faith seeking to engage meaningfully in the digital world.
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About the Author
Dr. Mark Flattery is a global digital ministry leader, strategist, and thought leader at the intersection of faith, technology, and culture. He developed the Global Individuality framework to help individuals and organizations understand the profound spiritual and cultural implications of the digital age.
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Begin Exploring the Framework
Global Individuality is not simply an idea to study—it is a reality to understand.
Explore the framework.
Engage the questions.
Participate thoughtfully in the global digital world.