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Eyes wide open : looking for God in popular culture / William D. Romanowski.
LIBRA BR526 .R646 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Romanowski, William D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Popular culture.
- Popular culture--United States.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 171 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Grounded in Christian principles, this accessible and engaging book offers an informed, fascinating approach to popular culture. Romanowski provides affectionate yet astute analyses of familiar, well-loved movies, television characters, musicians, and actors and actresses. Practical, analytical approaches to content, meaning, and artistic style offer the tools to participate responsibly and imaginatively in pop cultural activities.
- Contents:
- 1. Christians Who Drink Beer 23
- 2. Faith and Culture 34
- 3. A Christian Worldview 45
- 4. Popular Art and Culture 55
- 5. Reimagining the Popular Arts 66
- 6. State of the Art 78
- 7. The Christian Cultural Landscape 90
- 8. Hollywood's Cultural Landscape 108
- 9. Sex, Violence, and Materialism 121
- 10. The Virtue of Christian Criticism 136.
- ISBN:
- 1587430096
- OCLC:
- 45466219
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