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Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture. £9.99
Author(s): Romanowski, William Catalogue number: J.1.586
Romanowski offers a fascinating & lucid guide to interpreting & evaluating popular culture as a Christian. His practical , analytical approach to film, music & television programmes provide tools for imaginativel & faithfully engaging the media that now saturate our lives. His illuminating examples range from 'Titanic' to 'Casablanca' ,from 'Er' to 'The Simpsons', & from Bruce Springsteen to Amy Grant.

This book is a treat & an educationas it covers a different range of films! Also get Brian Godawa's 'Hollywood Worldviews' as it covers a different range of fims.

Dr.Romanowski is Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences at Calvin College in Michigan. His books include 'Pop Culture Wars' & 'Dancing in the Dark'.

The Spirituality of Labour: Simones Weil's quest for transcendence £4.95
Author(s): Roney Catalogue number: G.1.236
Fascinating and penetrating study; ICS M.Phil. thesis
Modern Art and the Death of a Culture £12.99
Author(s): Rookmaaker Catalogue number: J.1.316
This disturbing but illuminating classic is a brilliant perspective on the cultural turmoil of the radical sixties and its impact on todays world, especially as reflected in the art of the time. Rookmaaker's enduring analysis looks at modern art in a broad historical, social, and philosophical context, laying bare the despair and nihilism that pervade our era. He also shows the role Christian artists can play in proclaiming the truth through their work. Rookmaaker's brilliant articulation of faith and scholarship is insightful and inspiring. The book moves freely and with a sense of urgency between the worlds of high culture, popular art and music, and Christian faith. Hans Rookmaaker (1922-1977) grew up in the Dutch East Indies. As a young man in wartime Holland, he was interned for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets. In the prisoner of war camp he attended lectures on the Christian philosophy of Dooyeweerd - these played a crucial role in his conversion to Christianity. In 1948 a lifelong friendship with Francis Schaeffer began - they frequently lectured together in Britain & throughout the world.

In 1959 Rookmaaker published his doctoral thesis on the artist Gauguin, and in 1965 he was invited to the Chair of Art History at the Free University of Amsterdam. Rookmaaker was also highly respected as a jazz & film critic.
Rookmaaker:Complete Works now available in English. in 6 large volumes. £190.00
Author(s): Rookmaaker, Hans Catalogue number: J.1.596
Here we will just the overall titles of each volume ; each consists of a multiplicity of books, articles, reviews , letters, etc - some 2700 pages , too much to list here. We can send further details or you can find them on the publishers website . We also may be able to provide a discount. Give us a call.

1. Art, Artists & Gauguin.

2.New Orleans Jazz, Mahalia Jackson & the Philosophy of Art.

3.The Creative Gift, Durer,Dada & Desolation Row.

4.Western Art & the Meanderings of a Culture.

5.Modern Art & the Death of a Culture.

6. Our Calling & God's hand in history.

Here are a few recommendations:

'Publication of Rookmaaker's collected writings is a landmark event that is long overdue & much needed. It will go a long way to fill the gap in the art-historical thought of this man, who was one of the most insightful cultural observers & art critics of the twentieth century'

Dr.E.John Walford, Professor of Art History, Wheaton College, Illinois, & author of 'Great Themes in Art'.

'Hans Rookmaaker....one of the few people I have known who have had a defining influence on both my understanding of art & my Christian experience....I was one of the generation of young Christians who were looking for encouragement & vision as we set out on our own creative journey, & Hans Rookmaaker inspired us by his writings, his insight, his humour & his great zest for life'.

Murray Watts, director, playwright, writer & fimmaker.

'Rookmaaker sets the arts in the midst of a rich & full-blooded Christian worldview....It's a wonderful thought that this man's rare wisdom, which so radically changed the lives of those who knew him, can now find its way to a wider audience'.

Dr. Jeremy Begbie, Theology through the Arts Project, Universities of Cambridge & St. Andrews.
Wanted: A New Song Unto the Lord £0.75
Author(s): Roper Catalogue number: J.1.297
A study of the spiritual directions of western culture as reflected in its music: the crisis and need for reformation.
The Good, the Bad and the Misled: True Stories of Men and Women for Use in Secondary Religious Education £4.99
Author(s): Roques M. and Tickner J. Catalogue number: C.1.122
Everyone loves a good story. Mark Roques has achieved excellent results from his work as an RE teacher on worldviews in the lives of colourful, eccentric and intriguing men and women. The book explores the lives of spies, soldiers, murderers, prostitutes, revolutionaries, tyrants and pop stars and explains clearly how these fascinating lives are guided and orchestrated by conflicting beliefs and commitments. The book covers the following worldviews: Consumerism, fascism, communism, nihilism, paganism, New Age, Primal religions, eastern religions, Islam, Orphism and gnosticism and Christianity. Each section is introduced with a concise but substantial essay covering the worldview concerned.
Football & the Kingdom of God £7.99
Author(s): Roques, Mark Catalogue number: A.1.572
What is the 'Kingdom of God'? Is it all about souls & going to heaven? Is it all about church & church-based activities? Fields of God tackles these & other Kingdom issues in this colourful & entertaining book about football. Jesus may not have talked about football, but his teaching does have important implications for all aspects of our life; church is just one slice of the action. So whether a football fan or not, sit back & enjoy this thought provoking, humorous & altogether different book.

'Mark Roques...analyses football with a reverence & depth of the best Bible teacher you've ever heard, and raves about God, the gaffer of gaffers, like a scarf- wearing, rattle-waving,face-painted fan. Its a book of two halves, with deft handling on every page and enough goals to keep you page -turningto the final whistle. If you love either God or football you'll enjoy this book. If you love both you'll be in Heaven'Gerard Kelly, Spring Harvest.

Scriptural religion and Political Task £3.95
Author(s): Runner Catalogue number: G.1.237
Penetrating lectures on the spiritual forces at work shaping the modern political scene.
Christianity and Humanism £0.50
Author(s): Runner, Evan Catalogue number: B.1.83
A re-thinking of the supposed affinity of their fundamental principles.
An Evaluation of Barth's Theological Method £1.00
Author(s): Russell Catalogue number: A.1.20
Science, Philosophy of science, and science education £0.75
Author(s): Russell Catalogue number: D.2.147
A provocative paper intended to help science students (and others) to actually begin thinking about science. Argues that if philosophy cannot be religiously neutral then a Christian re-formation of science and scholarship is possible.
Creation and Conservation: the ecological orientation of the Christian faith. £1.00
Author(s): Russell Catalogue number: D.1.132
A short study of views of the relationship of man to nature put in the context of western theological philosophical and scientific tradition.
Philosophy and Sociology £1.00
Author(s): Russell Catalogue number: F.1.202
Argues that sociology - like every other discipline - cannot avoid philosophical assumptions and that philosophy cannot avoid religious commitments. Therefore Christian sociologists can and should work within a philosophical perspective derived from the Christian faith rather than one derived from a variety of alien Humanist ones.If Christian sociologist fail to do this then they are importing Trojan horses into the Christian camp. The end result is that the various -isms of fragmented secular sociology then proceed to fragment & polarise the Body of Christ. In addition the positive work of authentically Christian sociological analysis is eclipsed....& the light remains under a bushell.
Reason and Commitment in Education
Author(s): Russell Catalogue number: C.1.125
M. Ed Thesis . Available on loan! Main Sections:- 1)Christianity and Humanism in Christian Education 2)Paul Hirst's theory of reason and the forms of knowledge 3)Democracy, the Open Society and Education.
The Christian Student in the Modern University £0.20
Author(s): Russell Catalogue number: B.1.101
Christian Faith and Public Religion £0.75
Author(s): Russell Catalogue number: A.1.21
A critique of civil religion with particular attention to the work of Archbishop John Hapgood.
Biblical Foundations for Philosophy £0.40
Author(s): Russell Catalogue number: B.1.376
The Road to Totalitarianism- the doctrine of 'public faith' and 'public knowledge' £0.75
Author(s): Russell Catalogue number: A.1.66
Christian Witness in a Pluralistic Society £1.00
Author(s): Russell Catalogue number: A.1.19
The Darkening West: a study in contemporary art and philosophy £2.50
Author(s): Russell R. and Russell J. Catalogue number: J.1.389
Examines both the interaction of the visual arts (impressionism, cubism, dada ,surrealism, abstract expressionism & pop) & philosophy, and their commonalities due to pre-supposing common worldviews. The period examined runs from the late 19th. century till the 1970s.
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