All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians and Popular Culture: 7 (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series) - Softcover

Myers, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0891075380 ISBN 13: 9780891075387

Publisher: Crossway Books, 1989

Synopsis

Where did popular culture come from? Why is it the way it is? How does it influence Americans in general and Christians in particular? Ken Myers provides fascinating answers to these questions. He sees pop culture as a culture of diversion, preventing people from asking questions about their origin and destiny and about the meaning of life. Two aspects stand out--a quest for novelty and a desire for instant gratification. In addition, this culture offers something very appealing--the illusion that you set your own standards, you can choose, you are the master of your fate, you deserve a break, you're worth it.

"A magnificent and timely book. Fresh, witty, informative, trenchant, and eminently sane, Ken Myers's book is a must for thoughtful evangelicals... I only hope there are enough of them left to read it." --Os Guinness

"In All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes Ken Myers looks at the entire phenomenon of popular culture--its roots, assumptions, practices, and effects. The result is a provocative book that shows how our thought, communication, and living have all been affected by popular culture's omnipresence. It should make us take a hard look at what we've accepted as harmless entertainment." --Ted Prescott, sculptor, past president of Christians in the Visual Arts

"Ken Myers has made an excellent contribution here, dealing not only with the roots of popular culture in social history and philosophy but also with its ultimate impact on character." --Dick Keyes, L'Abri Fellowship

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All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes A magnificent and timely book. Fresh, witty, informative, trenchant, and eminently sane, Ken Myers's book is a must for thoughtful evangelicals....I only hope there are enough of them left to read it.--Os Guinness Full description

About the Author

KENNETH A. MYERS is director of Mars Hill Audio, an organization devoted to helping Christians think wisely about modern culture through a variety of audio resources. Prior to that, he was a producer and editor for National Public Radio and the executive editor of Eternity magazine. Myers is a graduate of the University of Maryland and of Westminster Theological Seminary. He is married and has two children, and lives in central Virginia.

Marvin Olasky (PhD, American Culture, University of Michigan) is the editor-in-chief ofWorld Magazine. He has been interviewed numerous times by the national media as the developer of the concepts of compassionate conservatism and biblically objective journalism and is the author of twenty books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crossway Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0891075380
• ISBN 13: 9780891075387
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224