Friday, September 30, 2005

Stories and such

Check out this article about movies and how important they can be to understanding the postmodern generation. As a teaser, Denis Haack, the writer, says: "Missionaries have long insisted that if we want to understand another people group we must listen to their stories. Every generation, every culture has stories which bring to life their fears, values, beliefs, and yearnings...We will fail to understand the postmodern generation if we fail to comprehend that the stories of our culture are found in the movies."

I'm serious.

OK, I can't get the editor's hypertext link to recognize some important little characters, so just go to this website - www.byfaithonline.com - and search for "movies generation haack." That'll work. Sorry for the hassle, but it's worth it.

1 Comments:

At 6:47 PM, October 02, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Haack makes it sound like movies are the only way to understand postmoderns. However, can't one understand them simply by talking with them one-on-one? Can't one understand them by reading printed magazines and books? Can't one understand them by watching television (or is that included in "movies"? programs or even listening to or watching news programs? Why single out movies? Or am I missing something do you think?
By the way, thanks for introducing me to the website!

 

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