In a world of shiny attractions that grab our attention and demand our affections, Competing Spectacles helps us to thrive spiritually by asking critical questions about where we place our focus.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: The Age of the Spectacle
1: Life inside the Digital Environment
2: Spectacles Defined
3: Distracted Spectacle Seekers
4: Image Is Everything
5: The Spectacle of the Self in Social Media
6: The Spectacle of the Self in Gaming
7: Spectacles of Tele-Vision
8: Spectacles of Merchandise
9: Politics as Spectacle
10: Terror as Spectacle
11: Ancient Spectacles
12: Every Nine Seconds
13: The Spectacle of the Body
14: The Church in the Attention Market
Part 2: The Spectacle
15: Spectakils in Tension
16: Prynne’s Footnote
17: The World’s Greatest Spectacle
18: Is the Cross a Spectacle?
19: Two Competing Theaters
20: Spectators of Glory
21: The Church as Spectacle
22: The Church as Spectacle Maker?
23: A Day inside the Spectacle
24: Our Unique Spectacle Tensions
25: One Resolve, One Request
26: The Spectator before His Carving
27: A Movie So Good It Will Ruin You—Would You Watch It?
28: Resistible Spectacles
29: Summations and Applications
30: My Supreme Concern
31: A Beauty that Beautifies
32: The Visio Beatifica
33: Dis-Illusioned but Not Deprived
About the Author :
Tony Reinke is a nonprofit journalist and serves as senior teacher and host of the Ask Pastor John podcast for desiringGod.org. He is the author of Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books; 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You; and God, Technology, and the Christian Life.