Popcultured - by Steve Turner (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Drawing on his storied career as a pop-culture wallflower, Steve Turner provides an all-access pass to the pervasive cultures of style, media and celebrity. Passing on his uniquely Christian way of viewing these cultures, Turner opens our eyes to a world of ideas lying just beneath the hype.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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</p><ul> <li>how movies use redemptive narratives and parables</li> <li>ways journalistic headlines convey worldview assumptions</li> <li>differences between famous people in the past and celebrities today</li> <li>what ideas are communicated through clothing and fashion design</li> <li>how technology changes our sense of what is real</li> <li>and much more</li> </ul><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Popular culture surrounds us. Film, television, music and new technologies all influence individuals and society. Learning how to engage pop culture thoughtfully and winsomely is part of our Christian calling. In <em>Popcultured, </em> Steve Turner offers cogent insights and practical wisdom that will help readers understand and evaluate popular culture, encouraging spiritual discernment and theological balance.</p>--Robert Velarde, author of The Wisdom of Pixar<br><br><p>. . . this is a discussion all Christians desperately need to have.</p>--Sue Grise, CBA Retailers + Resources, July 2013<br><br><p>I do not hesitate to recommend this book heartily. There are precious few good books on popular culture from a Christian perspective, and fewer still that are as ambitious and wide-ranging as this one. Turner provides a welcome addition to a seriously underdeveloped field, a field that requires more attention than it typically gets from Evangelicals. This book deserves a wide and enthusiastic readership.</p>--Ted Turnau, Foundations, 66, May 2014<br><br><p>If both Paul and Jesus could use their cultures as springboards for the Gospel, why shouldn't we? And if we want to follow their examples, this volume by Turner offers a well-informed biblical and theological guide to how we might do it.</p>--Rev. Dr. Bob Robinson, Latimer Fellowship, 2015<br><br><p>Many local churches give their members little assistance when it comes to assessing the products of popular culture from a Christian point of view. Those who require help in this area will find much useful material in Steve Turner's <em>Popcultured</em>.</p>--Christian Librarian, Autumn 2013<br><br><p>Turner offers not only the tools for critical engagement of popular culture, but also an earnest exploration of what it means to consciously and unconsciously participate and create as Christians in the world.</p>--Publishers Weekly, May 13, 2013<br>
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