Pre-Owned The Culture-Wise Family: Upholding Christian Values in a Mass Media World (Hardcover) 0830743057 9780830743056

Flip on the television, head for the movie theater or open a newspaper and you can't get away from it. How do you raise a family in a world supersaturated with media extolling toxic values that are not your own? Co-authors Ted Baehr, a movie industry expert, and legendary entertainer Pat Boone know firsthand the persuasive power of the entertainment industry. Here, they draw from their extensive experience and interviews with experts to help readers understand the power of the media and its influence on families. They examine the ongoing threats to family values by those in the media who promote a humanistic worldview and offer perspectives as to why these insidious values are permeating the entertainment industry. Their insights will enable you to: Discover why most families have become desensitized to the breakdown of values in the media, Learn to recognize relativism and misplaced tolerance, which have undermined common sense, Understand specific ways children have been affected by the mass media, Discover the key players who control major media, Find out how to develop biblical discernment and wisdom, Welcome the "good news"-that society can be redeemed and transformed, Hear about progress that has been made in family values programming in Hollywood, and find hope for the future. Learn to make wise choices about the mass media and entertainment you choose, and gain the information you need to help safeguard your family! Book jacket.