Hi. My name is Ted Turnau, and you've stumbled across my website. Congrats. I'm a college lecturer who teaches Cultural Studies and Religion in Prague, Czech Republic. I've been interested for a long time about issues of popular culture, imagination, and how they relate to the Christian faith. I think the answer has something to do with apologetics (hence the title of my book).
I'm married to Carolyn and have been for over thirty years. It's been delightful. And we have three awesome kids, one of whom is graduated from college. My kids more than anyone else have kept me in touch with popular culture. We have two cats named Loki and Saffron (both Joss Whedon characters).
We love having students over to our house to watch movies, talk about stuff, eat stuff, drink stuff. Carolyn and I also teach at a Christian school in Prague, so you'll sometimes find middle and high schoolers at our house as well. You can find out about the school here: http://www.cisprague.org/ [2].
One quick note about the blog: I am a horrible bloglord. Being both busy and ADHD, I sometimes let this site languish for months. Don't be discouraged. Just keep checking back. Or you can follow my Twitter-feed here: https://twitter.com/#!/TedTurnau [3]
Please don't expect this to be the site that will keep you up-to-date on the latest fashion or trend or show or song in popular culture. It isn't that. We don't have cable, and I live about 5000 miles outside the loop when it comes to the latest whatever. Instead, consider this a place to reflect and think through perspectives about how to read such things. I'd rather equip people to think over popular cultural stuff on their own than to do their thinking for them.
I'd love to hear your comments.
Peace,
Ted Turnau
Links:
[1] http://www.turnau.cz/sites/default/files/images/DSC_1995(1).JPG
[2] http://www.cisprague.org/
[3] https://twitter.com/#!/TedTurnau