IPod YouTube Wii Play: Theological Engagements with Entertainment

Should Christians w00t or wail about the scope and power of modern entertainment? Maybe both. But first Christians should think theologically about our human passion to be enteprtained as it relates to the popular culture that entertains us. Avoiding the one-size-fits-all celebrations and condemnations that characterize the current fad of pop culture analyses this book engages entertainments case by case uncovering the imaginative patterns and shaping power of our amusements. Individual chapters weave together analyses of entertainment forms formats technologies trends contents and audiences to display entertainment as a multifaceted formational ecology.--Publishers website.