Books I have read: Faith and Pop Culture (Christianity Today Study)

July 2, 2009

Faith and pop cultureThomas Nelson sent me a copy of Faith and Pop Culture (Christianity Today Study) by Christianity Today.  It’s part of their series of study notes for small groups – this one provides 8 weeks worth of material on the topic of culture.  Over the 8 weeks you cover:

  • Movies
  • Books
  • Sports
  • Television
  • Family friendly entertainment
  • Violence
  • Christian influences on Hollywood
  • Entertainment v Faith

Each week starts with a mini-essay/article which can be used to start the debate.  This is followed by two options for an opening activity, an introduction to the issue, an oportunity to reflect, a chance to dig deeper, and an application to move forward with.

The notes come across as well written and designed.  I would be very interested in using them with the older teens that I work with.

Thanks to Thomas Nelson for giving me a copy to review.

Entry Filed under: Books, Children's and Youth Work, Church. .

2 Comments Add your own

  • 1. Jon Keel  |  July 2, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    Saw this and was quite interested
    What age group would you say it would best suit
    Cheers mate
    Jon

    Reply
    • 2. Chris  |  July 3, 2009 at 12:09 am

      Hi mate, as I said on the phone I reckon 14-18 year olds. I might suggest it for our 16-18 year old male youth cell to use. It is a bit American at times, e.g. talks about the R rating. But is worth a look, I’ll try and get it in the post to you tomorrow.

      Reply

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