Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway, c1989
Description
Skillfully analyzes American popular culture, tracing its development and influence throughout history, and ultimately exposes its impact on character. Part of the Turning Point Christian Worldview series.
User reviews
LibraryThing member HowHop
This ranks as my favourite book on the subject of Christians and Culture. While maintaining a thoroughly biblical worldview, Myers departs from the naive applications of the cultural mandate which is so often the weakness of many worldview thinkers today. While charging Christians to act as leaven
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in the culture, and to propagate the gospel through spiritual means, he warns that the forms of popular culture inherently cancel whatever Christian content we may try to pour into them. Popular culture must be viewed in the same manner as fast food -- something to be enjoyed at times, but with an awareness of the dangers posed by overconsumption and improper use. His analysis of popular culture's historical and sociological roots should be considered by all who seek a better understanding of this subject which is so fraught with tensions between obligation and application. I highly reccommend this book! Show Less
LibraryThing member wyclif
Slightly dated but very helpful C.S. Lewis-ish take on Christians in pop culture.
Language
Physical description
xx, 213 p.; 22 cm
ISBN
9781433528224
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Pages
xx; 213
DDC/MDS
261 |