A Matrix of Meanings
Title | A Matrix of Meanings PDF eBook |
Author | Craig Detweiler |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2003-11 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 080102417X |
A candid, often humorous look at how to find truth in music, movies, television, and other aspects of pop culture. Includes photos, artwork, and sidebars.
A Matrix of Meanings (Engaging Culture)
Title | A Matrix of Meanings (Engaging Culture) PDF eBook |
Author | Craig Detweiler |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2003-11-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1585583324 |
From the glittering tinsel of Hollywood to the advertising slogan you can't get out of your head, we are surrounded by popular culture. In A Matrix of Meanings Craig Detweiler and Barry Taylor analyze aspects of popular culture and ask, What are they doing? What do they represent? and What do they say about the world in which we live? Rather than deciding whether Bono deserves our admiration, the authors examine the phenomenon of celebrity idolization. Instead of deciding whether Nike's "Just do it" campaign is morally questionable, they ask what its success reflects about our society. A Matrix of Meanings is a hip, entertaining guide to the maze of popular culture. Plentiful photos, artwork, and humorous sidebars make for delightful reading. Readers who distrust popular culture as well as those who love it will find useful insight into developing a Christian worldview in a secular culture.
Pop Goes the Church
Title | Pop Goes the Church PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Stevens |
Publisher | Power Publishing |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0979017491 |
Whether you're a regular attender, a leader, or have yet to step foot in a church, you may have questions about church that aren't being answered. How can the church remain relevant while communicating the unchanging integrity of God's truth? Author Tim Stevens makes an inspiring case for leveraging pop culture to reach out to people in the language of their lives. He offers a new perspective that gives relevance and impact to the church by using pop culture, meeting people in the real world with words, sounds and images that speak to them. He encourages us to get out of our comfort zones and look people in the eyes, meeting them wherever they are, relating to their problems and society's challenges, even celebrating pop culture, where there are exciting signs of spiritual seeking. Pop Goes the Church will open your mind to church in a way that breaks down walls, engages the culture and speaks to a generation that needs to hear good news.
Eyes Wide Open
Title | Eyes Wide Open PDF eBook |
Author | William D. Romanowski |
Publisher | Brazos Press |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2007-02-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1441200800 |
Grounded in Christian principles, this accessible and engaging book offers an informed and fascinating approach to popular culture. William D. Romanowski provides affectionate yet astute analysis of familiar, well-loved movies and television characters from Indiana Jones to Homer Simpson, and he speaks with historical depth and expertise on films from Casablanca to Crash and music from Bruce Springsteen to U2. Romanowski's confessional approach affirms a role for popular culture in faithful living. Practical, analytical approaches to content, meaning, and artistic style offer the tools to participate responsibly and imaginatively in popular cultural activities. An engaging read, this new edition introduces students and thoughtful readers to popular culture--one of the most influential forces in contemporary society.
Into the Dark
Title | Into the Dark PDF eBook |
Author | Craig Detweiler |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2008-08 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0801035929 |
A Hollywood screenwriter/producer and film professor explores forty-five of the twenty-first century's most popular films as vehicles of common grace.
Everyday Theology (Cultural Exegesis)
Title | Everyday Theology (Cultural Exegesis) PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin J. Vanhoozer |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2007-03-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1441200495 |
Everyday theology is the reflective and practical task of living each day as faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. In other words, theology is not just for Sundays, and it's not just for professional theologians. Everyday Theology teaches all Christians how to get the theological lay of the land. It enables them to become more conscious of the culture they inhabit every day so that they can understand how it affects them and how they can affect it. If theology is the ministry of the Word to the world, everyday theologians need to know something about that world, and Everyday Theology shows them how to understand their culture make an impact on it. Engaging and full of fresh young voices, this book is the first in the new Cultural Exegesis series.
Deep Focus (Engaging Culture)
Title | Deep Focus (Engaging Culture) PDF eBook |
Author | Robert K. Johnston |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2019-03-19 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 149341691X |
Three media experts guide the Christian moviegoer into a theological conversation with movies in this up-to-date, readable introduction to Christian theology and film. Building on the success of Robert Johnston's Reel Spirituality, the leading textbook in the field for the past 17 years, Deep Focus helps film lovers not only watch movies critically and theologically but also see beneath the surface of their moving images. The book discusses a wide variety of classic and contemporary films and is illustrated with film stills from favorite movies.