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Foreword
Clifford G. Christians
1. Getting the Conversation Going About Media and Culture
Quentin J. Schultze and Robert H. Woods Jr.
Who or What Is an Evangelical Christian?
Terry Mattingly
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner— A Warring Evangelical!
Elizabeth W. McLaughlin
Uses of Philippians 4:8-10
William D. Romanowski
Are Evangelicals’ Blogs a Waste of Time?
Phyllis Alsdurf
Is It Time to Stop Playing and Start Volunteering?
Michael Jindra
2. Looking Beyond Radio for Listeners
Paul A. Creasman
It’s All Just Tribal Propaganda . . .
Randall L. Bytwerk
Christian Radio’s Identity Crisis
Scott Tanis
An Internet Alternative to Regular Radio
Michael Ray Smith
A Christian, an Atheist and a Rabbi Walk into a Bar . . .
Paul A .Creasman
3. Thinking Outside the Tribal TV Box
Kathy Bruner
Does Tribal TV Evangelize?
Kathleen Sindorf
(Air)Time Is Money
Kathleen Sindorf
Tyler Perry’s Redemptive Stories in Drag
Alex Wainer
Tribal TV’s Own Shock Jock
Quentin J. Schultze
4. Moving from Film to Digital Movies
Terry Lindvall and Andrew Quicke
The Art of Movie Misinterpretation?
Tom Carmody
Chatting with the Apostle Paul about Movies
Peter Kerr
The Angle on Christian Movies
Jen Letherer
YouTube to Hollywood?
Brian Fuller
The Passion of ...David and Bathsheba?
Kevin Miller
5. Pursuing New Periodicals in Print and Online
Ken Waters
Is Your Jesus a Republican or Democrat?
Michael Longinow
What Would Mohammed Drive?
Ken Waters
Crafty Collegiates Turn Beacon into Bacon
Quentin J. Schultze
HWJRN = WWJD?
Michael Ray Smith
News + Anything = Bias
Michael Ray Smith
6. Publishing Books for the Tribe and Beyond
Michael A. Longinow
Demons in the Christian Bookstore
Larry M. Lake
2,900 Authors Left Behind—Self-Publishing to the Rescue?!
Paul Mouw
Should Children Read the Bible?
David Bedsole
An Evangelical Writes about Her Gay Son—and Faces Praise and Criticism
Quentin J. Schultze
How Sacred Is Your E-Bible?
Mark E. Taylor
Letters versus Emails—Where Are the “Keepers”?
Larry M. Lake
Scratching the Self-Help Book Itch
Paul Mouw
7. Practicing Worship Media Beyond PowerPoint
Brian Fuller
Using Technology in Worship—Four Choices
Quentin J. Schultze
Dirty Dancing on Evangelical College Campuses
Scott P. Johnson
What Did You See?
Ronald A. Johnson
Questions to Ask About Using Worship Media Art
Brian Fuller
8. Going Digital with Contemporary Christian Music
Stephanie Bennett
What Makes Music Christian? I Know! I Know!
Terry Mattingly
Steve Camp Nails CCM to the Wall
Stephanie Bennett
If It Ain’t Southern, It Ain’t Real Gospel
Michael Graves
Why the Devil Should Have All the Good Music
Paul A. Creasman
9. Praising God with Popular Worship Music
Robert H. Woods Jr.
Born-Again Hip-Hop Worship?
Phyllis Alsdurf
Welcome to Traditionland
Keith Drury
The Language of Praise Songs
Scott P. Johnson
Praise the Lord, You Pagan Players!
David Bedsole
The Worship Industry’s Profits of Praise
John D. Witvliet
10. Following Pilgrims into Cyberspace
Quentin J. Schultze
Blogging Beyond the Boundaries
Alex Wainer
The First Church of Cyberspace
Quentin J. Schultze
The Priesthood of All Wikis
Quentin J. Schultze
Should Cell Phones Be Excommunicated?
Jonathan Pettigrew
Yo! Get a Life!
Kevin Miller
11. Evangelicals in Theater: Inching Toward Center Stage
Paul D. Patton
Dinner Theater for Sinners
Debra Freeberg
Scared to Be Creative?
Darlene Graves
Do Good Christian Stories Need Happy Endings?
Jen Letherer
Holy Swearing?
Paul D. Patton
12. Faith-Based Theme Parks and Museums: Multidimensional Media
Annalee Ward
Should Churches Host Hell Houses?
Annalee Ward
Precious (or Wasted) Moments
Mark E. Taylor
Is Disney’s Magic Family Friendly?
Alex Wainer
The Day Jeremiah Toured a Theme Park
Paul D. Patton
13. Merchandising Jesus Products
Diane M. Badzinski
Memory Makers or Crass Commercialists?
Annalee Ward
Are You What You Buy?
Rick Jackson
Yoga’s Bare Faith
Mark E. Taylor
Should We Stop Spending for the Sake of the Gospel?
Diane M. Badzinski
14. Converting Comic Books into Graphic Novels and Digital Cartoons
Thomas J. Carmody
Why We Love and Hate Cartoonists
John Lawing
Will Graphic Novels Redeem Comics?
Stephanie D. Davis
My Life as a Wacky Web Cartoonist Depicting the Devil
Dennis Hengeveld (Rev. Fun)
Should a Christian Comic Book Always Portray the Truth?
Tom Carmody
15. Evangelicals’ Quest to Find God’s Place in Games
Kevin Schut
Is Fantasy for Evangelicals?
Jennifer Letherer
Alternative Universes—For Better or Worse?
Michael Jindra
Diary of a Video Game Addict
Michael Jindra
Playing Games with Ourselves
Bill Wiarda
16. Advertising: Fueling a Passion for Consumption
Terri Lynn Cornwell
What’s an Evangelical Brand?
Rick Jackson
On Christians’ Sense of Humor—or Lack Thereof
John Lawing
Can Images Persuade Doubters?
Mark E. Taylor
Church Signs: Friends or Foes?
David Bedsole
The Cat and Mouse Go Eyeballing
Terri Cornwell
17. Promoting Public Relations in a New-Media Environment
Peter A. Kerr
Church Conflicts Are Big News — When They Involve Sex
Michael Smith
Ministry PR
Peter Kerr
Fight or Flight?
Peter Kerr
Is Bad News Bad?
Michael A. Longinow
Jesus’ Unusual PR
Elizabeth W. McLaughlin
Freedom of the Press and Speech—for Evangelicals?
Terry Lindvall
18. Internationalizing Evangelical Media
Robert S. Fortner
A Post-Network Monument to Babel?
Ronald A. Johnson
Going Native in a Global Media Market
Kathy Bruner
Worldly Worship Music
Robert H. Woods Jr.
Get Your Mojo Workin’ in Local News
Michael Ray Smith
19. Energizing Media Ethics
Mark Fackler
Can Evangelicals Be Objective Journalists?
Phyllis Alsdurf
When Faith, Truth and Loyalty Collide
Rick Jackson
The Day My Book Was Banned
Quentin J. Schultze
African Grace on the Web
Mark Fackler
Cyberspace, Exploitation and Social Tattoos
Rick Jackson
20. Considering a Catholic View of Evangelical Media
Paul A. Soukup, S.J.
The Pope Celebrates Cyberspace
Paul A. Soukup, S.J.
Why the Evangelicals Beat the Mainline Media
Martin E. Marty
21. Looking with a Jew at Evangelical Popular Culture
Mark I. Pinsky
Understanding Evangelical Media:
The Changing Face of Christian Communication
Quentin J. Schultze and Robert H. Woods Jr., Editors (InterVarsity, July 2008)