Interesting point Rockingham. I can see why it comes off that way, but I think he is actually calling on Christians to engage more fully with modernity and to integrate faith with one’s profession or expertise. So that we as Christians can contribute to the cultural dialogue about all these complex subjects and have informed arguments to make.
The Chinese Christian situation is more complicated...Here is an article about why Chinese Christians who converted to faith out West (with all its modernity), find it difficult to cope at home:
Is there a Christian way to fly an airliner? Or a Christian way to build a house? Not really. These are technical skills requiring both expertise and some theoretical knowledge but no application of Christian faith.
There is a Christian way to live though, offering a path through the difficulties and existential uncertainties of life. I think that has more substantial appeal.
No matter how comfortable, prosperous, lucky, and secure we are these days, our lives have a beginning and an end, with beyond that being a cloud of mystery. At its best, Christianity offers answers based on both faith and reason and can be reconciled with modern science.