Day: March 26, 2011

On a Campus: Interview with a Classmate

Posted by Young Adult Ministry | Mar 26, 2011 | Growing Up, Youth & Culture

On a Secular Classmate For this post, I wanted to try something different. I’ve lately been interested in how my classmates feel about religion. I decided to interview one of my friends who I felt could give me an typical view. I asked him a few basic questions, and then asked him what he thought students in general were like. I was surprised at some of the answers, and not others. Q: Do you go to church? A: “My mother always forced me to go to church. I’ve stopped going to church since I came to school. I started...

Book Reviews: Pop Culture Wars and The Culture-Wise Family

Posted by Paul Nelson | Mar 26, 2011 | Book Reviews, Doing Ministry

You, gentle readers, get a bonus this month. That’s right, two – count ‘em, two – reviews for the price of one. Amazing grace indeed! The first is William D. Romanowski’s Pop Culture Wars: Religion & the Role of Entertainment in American Life. This is a fairly accessible historical overview of the evolution of cinema in the United States, with some attention paid to the tenuous relationship between the film industry and conservative religious denominations and organizations. Major themes in this book include the evolution of high art vs. low art, and the further development of what once was...