Steve Turner

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  Imagine : A Vision For Christians In The Arts (Expanded)

  $20.00

  Imagine art that is risky, complex, and subtle. Imagine music, movies, books, and paintings of the highest quality. Imagine art that permeates society, challenging conventional thinking and standard morals to their core. Imagine that it is all created by Christians! This is the bold vision of Steve Turner, who has worked among a wide variety of artists for decades. He believes Christians should confront society and the church using art’s powerful impact. Art can faithfully chronicle the lives of ordinary people and express the transcendence of God. And Christians should be involved in every level of the art world and in every medium. In this revised and expanded edition of a contemporary classic, Turner builds a compelling case for Christians in the arts. If Jesus is Lord of all of life and creation, then art is part of his cultural mandate. It can and should be a way of expressing faith through creatively, beautifully and truthfully arranged words, sounds, and sights.

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  Popcultured : Thinking Christianity About Style Media And Entertainment

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  Introduction
  1. Leisure Pursuits: Why We Should Care
  2. Popular Culture: Defining The Term
  3. Working It Out: Some Biblical Parameters
  4. Cinematic Art: The Story Of Stories
  5. Journalism: Reading Between The Lines
  6. Celebrity Culture: The Game Of The Fame
  7. Fashion: The Language Of Clothes
  8. Ever-Greater Thrills: The Search For Sensation
  9. Comedy: Laughs, Lies And Truth
  10. Romanticism: Arts Shaping Power
  11. Advertising: The Hidden Persuader
  12. Computers: Rewiring Our World
  13: Photography: The Opening Of The Eye
  14: TV And Movies: The Image Of The Faith

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  There’s no avoiding popular culture-we’ve been enculturated into it. What does it mean to be faithful Christians in a pop culture world? How do we think Christianly about celebrity and leisure? Some Christians try to abstain from “worldly” pursuits, while others consume culture indiscriminately, assuming it has little effect on them. But if Christ is Lord of all of life, then there ought to be Christian ways to engage with and appreciate popular culture. Steve Turner has spent his career chronicling and interviewing people from the worlds of music, film, television, fashion, art and literature. Now he provides an insider’s guide to a wide range of entertainment pursuits, with biblical frameworks for understanding pop culture genres and artifacts. Turner explores how movies use redemptive narratives and parablesways journalistic headlines convey worldview assumptionsdifferences between famous people in the past and celebrities todaywhat ideas are communicated through clothing and fashion designhow technology changes our sense of what is realand much more God entrusts culture to us and gives us the ability to critique it, enjoy it and create it. This book will help you become a better cultural critic, consumer and creator.

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