Table of Contents

Introduction
“Why Would Anybody Want to Study That?”……………………......................………………..2

Part I: Grounding …………………………………………………………………..............................14

Chapter One
Puzzle Pieces: Popular Culture and Worldview ………………....................…………………..15

Chapter Two
The Conversation between the Beaver and the Tree:
The Influence of Popular Culture on Worldview …………………………………....................34

Chapter Three
R.S.V.P.: What is a Worldview Apologetic? ……………………………………......................…46

Chapter Four
Towards a Theology of Popular Culture ………………………………………….........................58

Part II: Some Not-So-Helpful Approaches to Popular Culture ………………….101

Chapter Five
Problem? What Problem?: The “What, Me Worry?” Approach ………………..........…..104

Chapter Six
Don’t Touch That Dial – It’s Dirty!: The “Ew-Yuck” Response ……………...........…….109

Chapter Seven
But It’s So Jejune: The “We’re-Above-All-That” Approach …………….............…………131

Chapter Eight
A Word is Worth A Thousand Pictures: Imagophobia ……………………..............……….163

Chapter Nine
It’s All Good!: Cheerleaders of the Postmodern ……………………………...............…….. 201

Part III: Engaging Popular Culture ………………………………………....................……... 254

Chapter Ten
Popologetics: Reading and Responding to Popular Culture ……………………............. 258

Chapter Eleven
Practicing Popologetics ………………………………………………...........................……………300

Chapter Twelve
The Way Forward: Objections and Conclusions ………………………………...............…...390

Sources ………………………………………………………………………...............................……..395