Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-200).
Contents:
America's moral meltdown -- What's really going on with our culture -- Millennials: a complex generation -- Millennials: losing their faith and religion -- TV then and now: how the tides have changed -- Scripting culture: driving home an agenda -- Movies then and now: the paradigm shift -- Lyrical conundrum: music's devolving state -- The greatest irony of our age -- Campus chaos rages -- The rise of colleges, all-comers policies -- The true impact on academia -- The media paradox: ignorance versus intentionality? -- Is there proof the media are biased? -- How did we get here? -- Is free speech under attack? -- Religious freedom battles abound -- The solution.
Summary:
More Americans than ever are counting themselves among the "nones"--the cohort of Americans who are not necessarily atheistic, but who do not claim allegiance to a particular religious system. The key question is: why? Consider that the nation's three main educational systems--the mainstream media, entertainment, and the university system--lean to the political left and typically paint an inaccurate picture of what Christianity truly is. With this in mind, Billy Hallowell explores how society's main educational avenues fail to deliver fair-minded content and how their biases are reinforcing negative values and fueling the rise of the "nones." Hallowell also offers practical steps for all Christians to take and provides advice on how to respond to these growing problems.
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