The Vanishing word : The Veneration of visual imagery in the postmodern world
Image-based media obsessed with sex, violence, and celebrity worship are driving a mass-media frenzy reminiscent of pagan idolatry. This book is a warning that by exalting visual imagery we risk becoming mindless pagans. The church is being cut off from its word-based heritage and we are open to... Full description
| Main Author: | Hunt, Arthur W. |
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Wheaton : Crossway, 2003 |
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Focal Point Series.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : Tomorrowland.
- The word versus the image. Tables of stone.
- When night fell.
- The fiery word.
- The big shift. Something in the air.
- The machines of show business.
- Irrationality and spectacle. The image.
- On being postmodern.
- Formula for a fu¨hrer.
- Conclusion : Making waves.
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