Author:
Turnau, Ted, 1965-
Imprint:Phillipsburg, N.J. : P&R Pub., c2012.
Descriptionxix, 346 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:PART 1: GROUNDING. Puzzle pieces : popular culture and worldview -- The conversation between the beaver and the tree : the influence of popular culture on worldview -- R.S.V.P. : what is a worldview apologetic? -- Toward a theology of popular culture : what creation, fall, and redemption tell us about popular culture -- PART 2: SOME NOT-SO-HELPFUL APPROACHES TO POPULAR CULTURE. Problem? What problem? The "what, me worry?" approach -- Don't touch that dial--it's dirty! The "ew-yuck" response -- But it's so jejune : the "we're-above-all-that" approach -- A word is worth a thousand pictures : imagophobia -- It's all good! Cheerleaders of the postmodern -- PART 3: ENGAGING POPULAR CULTURE: WHY CRITIQUE POPULAR CULTURE? Popologetics : reading and responding to popular culture -- Popologetics workshop : practicing a Christian reading of popular culture -- The way forward : objections and conclusions.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-332) and index.
