tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9387707.post1749327938150181753..comments2024-01-05T13:36:55.379-06:00Comments on Two-Edged Sword: IconographyLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10422257306176024118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9387707.post-10763503588973091572008-03-31T13:35:00.000-05:002008-03-31T13:35:00.000-05:00I'm happy to help out where and when I can. :)I'm happy to help out where and when I can. :)James Frank Solíshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17694957546165747971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9387707.post-55174470081028577992008-03-28T14:20:00.000-05:002008-03-28T14:20:00.000-05:00Good point. I think you just added another book t...Good point. I think you just added another book to my 'Must Read' list.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10422257306176024118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9387707.post-56131693096718102412008-03-27T11:49:00.000-05:002008-03-27T11:49:00.000-05:00Kenneth Myers, in his book 'All God's Children and...Kenneth Myers, in his book 'All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes' includes as part of his discussion of contemporary pop culture, some of the similarities between our own times and the times during which images became popular among Christians. Images are preferrable -- for some people -- because they discourage thought. And those church leaders increasingly had reason to discourage thought.<BR/><BR/>You mention modern protestants. Myers sees a connection: In our times there are those who prefer emoting to thinking, including Protestants. This preference is rooted in the desire of evangelicals, a generation or so ago, to cease being a "ghetto" culture and connect with the larger American culture. American culture likes rock-n-roll; so do evangelicals -- it's "Christian" rock, of course. Americans prefer images to thought; so do evangelicals -- but they are "Christian" images, of course (even "Christian" soap operas). You see where he's going.<BR/><BR/>The modern pre-occupation with images is no accident. Everything in the surrounding culture pushes images over thought. And it is the discouragement of thought we should be most concerned about, not simply the presence of images.James Frank Solíshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17694957546165747971noreply@blogger.com