Competing Spectacles
Treasuring Christ in the Media Age

Classic Reinke: immersive insight and doxological prose; his writing simultaneously submerges and soars. This is a well researched, culturally aware, Christ-enchanted little book. Medicine for our cultural moment.......more

We live in an increasingly visual culture. As a pastor, I hear the relentless sound of a postmodern drumbeat: “The average person cannot sit through a forty-five-minute sermon,” I’m told. Yet that same person will sit in a dark room for nearly four hours and watch Lord of the Rings. I am convinced t......more

É interessante pensar nos problemas das mídias para estarmos mais atentos à atenção que temos dispensado com elas (com séries, filmes, tv, mídias digitais...). O autor faz um bom trabalho de confrontação. É sim necessário observar que saímos do extremos de "não consuma nada" para "consuma tudo!". Fa......more

This was a compelling read. Let's dive into the review. Note: I both read and listened to this book. I read the first half of the hard-copy book, and then listened to the whole book from ChristianAudio. My review will discuss both versions. THE GOOD From the very first pages, Reinke lays out the pu......more