Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ch. 1
The 5 Christ and Culture Paradigms
1. Christ against Culture = very strict against culture (example Amish)
2. Christ Above Culture = Culture is neutral but God should be the
authority on culture ( synthesis of biblical standards with culture)
4. Christian Theism
Accept both physical and spiritual nature of man balanced view of what it means
to be human
Man is depraved and fallen. God is the authority on morality and he has given us
an innate sense of what is right and wrong
Man will die only once and then face the judgment of God and spend eternity
somewhere whether in Heaven or Hell
Ch. 7
Premodern = Used to denote the period before the Enlightenment of the 17th
century. This period is characterized by widespread belief in the supernatural and
religion. It was a time before people in general were critical of statements of truth. People
in this era interpreted truth with the correspondent method of truth and the coherence
method of truth. The correspondence method of truth evaluates truth on whether it meets
the observable physical phenomena. The coherence method of truth evaluates on whether
a story or explanation agrees with other accepted truth.
Modern = In the modern era people depended on the merit of human reason armed
with the scientific method to determine truth. Believed only in truth that could be proven
with the senses.
Ch. 8
The New Absolutes = a book written by William Watkins that said that despite the
many people who claim to believe in relative truth they really dont really believe in
relativism but are adopting a new set of absolutes. He claims that the behaviors of
Americans betray their belief absolute right and wrong.
Ch. 9
Definition of Aesthetics = a branch of philosophy dealing with the qualitive
aspects of the arts.
Dichotomy between sacred and secular = the dichotomy between the secular and
sacred doesnt exist
Effect of the fall on absolute beauty = Because of the fall absolute beauty is gone
from the world
Ch.10
Newports 4 points about involvement in the arts
1. The Christian community can not cut itself off from the
characteristic vitalities of history----- past and present
2. the arts give a peculiarly direct access to the distinctive tone,
concerns, and feelings of a culture
3. the arts focus ( in a remarkably vivid and exciting way) on the
vital issues and concerns which are the central concerns of
theology.
4. the arts spell out dramatically the implications of various
worldviews
Movement = overall feel of continuity and flow within the music that is
progressive from beginning to end.
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Intrinsic worth = every aspect and element of a piece must have its own
intrinsic worth
Ch. 11
People attempt to express the meaning of reality through art and to convey their
hopes, fears and ideas
2. Abstinence: The belief that it is acceptable for Christians to view films but
the person chooses not to for personal reasons.
Ch. 13
Pervasiveness of television
The Bible does not include any specific instruction on television and thus
we are left to make our own conclusions through Biblical study
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Many of us should make decisions before we spend time with the medium.
Ch. 14
God-talk = talk of spiritual things included in a television show
Touched by an Angel
Chasm between God and Man
Objectionable Elements
7 Censorable Elements
1. Profanity
2. Scatological Realism
3. Sexual Perversion
4. Erotic Realism
5. Lurid Violence
6. Occultism
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