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The Culturally Savvy Christianhis incisive critique of contemporary culture and religionDick Staub concludes that though it is influential, American popular culture is generally superficial (diversionary, mindless, and celebrity-driven) spiritually delusional (moralistic, therapeutic, and deistic) and soulless (sustained not by art, craft, and ideas, but by the mad pursuit of profitpropped up by marketing and technology). Similarly American Christianity has devolved into its own mindless, diversionary, and celebrity-driven superficiality.
Because humans are created in God''s image with spiritual, intellectual, creative, moral, and relational capacities, we long for more, yet the true seeker faces the lose-lose alternatives of a soul-numbing culture and a vacuous Christianity-lite. The renaissance we need in both faith and culture will originate in a deep spiritual renewal that restores God''s image in us and creates a new breed of culturally savvy, thoughtful creatives wh
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"Dick Staub has written an engaging and provocative book needed in our times…His insightful critique of popular Christianity and his numerous quotes make it a good source for sermon material or a book discussion group. He provides us with ‘slow food’ for thought."
– The Rev. Canon Jonathon Jensen, The Living Church magazine (May 2009)
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Savvy.
1 The Popular Culture We Are In.
2 The Christianity We Are In.
3 The Story We Are In.
Serious.
4 God's Deep Presence.
5 God's Transforming Presence.
6 God's Loving Presence.
Skilled.
7 Countering Culture like Aliens.
8 Communicating in Culture like Ambassadors.
9 Creating Culture like Artists.
Epilogue.
Notes.
The Author.
Index.
