Salvation on the Small Screen? (ePub)
A no-holds-barred criticism on the state of today's Christian broadcasting.
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A no-holds-barred criticism on the state of today's Christian broadcasting.
A book for every person who's ever flipped past the religious channel on cable and thought, "I haven't the faintest clue what's going on there," or "that church doesn't seem like my church at all," or even, "wow, so that's what happened to Kirk Cameron." With the personalities of Christian broadcasting constantly in the news talking about every major issue from abortion to culture to war and with the amount of influence their movements have on the the political discourse in this country, to under stand more about the stop on the television dail is to understand more about American and America's religious landscape.
On an average day, the largest religious broadcast channel in the country reaches millions of viewers and features programming from figures such as Benny Hinn, T.D. Jakes, Pat Robertson, Paul and Jan Crouch, Jess Duplantis, Joel Osteen, and others, yet despite it's presence in well over 50 million household many have little conception of what kind of faith happens there.
Nadia Bolz-Weber, a Lutheran seminarian and former stand-up comic who's never before watched religious broadcasting, spends 24 hours in front of the TV immersing herself in the messages and culture to be found on the part of the dial. Bolstered by visits from guest such as rabbi, her 8-year-old daughter, Unitarian friend, and others, Salvation on the Small Screen? is Bolz-Weber's chronicle, augmented by after-the-fact research, of a huge, but unknown or mysterious to many, branch of religious culture.
- Autor: Nadia Bolz-Weber
- 2008, 176 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Church Publishing Incorporated
- ISBN-10: 1596271949
- ISBN-13: 9781596271944
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2008
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- Dateiformat: ePub
- Grösse: 0.34 MB
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“Salvation on the Small Screen? is fast, fresh, funny and filled with surprising twists. It is easy to point out what’s wrong with a broad satirical target like televangelists. It is tougher to watch closely, with patience, empathy, and openness. Yet, Nadia Bolz-Weber and her eclectic companions find the divine even amidst the most painful religious programming. Now that is miraculous!” —Craig Detweiler, PhD, director of the Reel Spirituality Institute at Fuller Theological Seminary and author of Into the Dark: Seeing the Sacred in the Top Films of the 21st Century
“The concept is as clever as it is brave: Spend 24 hours watching ‘Christian television’ programming, and bring friends. Talk about what you see. Let hilarity and poignancy ensue. Lutheran minister Nadia Bolz-Weber gives us a wincing and winsome look through those cable channels that many ignore and many others make their spiritual bread and butter. With Salvation on the Small Screen? in hand, the reader can thoughtfully go ‘behind the label’ and check out the ingredients of the oddly-influential Christian media. Bon appetit!” —Mike Morrell, TheOoze.com
“For those searching for faith through the fog of Christian folk religion Nadia Bolz-Weber is the ideal guide. Full of wit, sensitivity, and insight, this book will invite, provoke, and soothe those seeking to find Christianity in the midst of televised faith.” —Doug Pagitt, author of A Christianity Worth Believing
“Throughout Salvation on the Small Screen?, she reminds us that even though the shows on big-time Christian television may be sinful and shameful to one’s spiritual health, we’re all brothers
“Turn off your TV and read this book. It’s enlightening and entertaining and it doesn’t emit any radiation whatsoever.” —AJ Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically
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