“assimilation of pagan forms”
Is visual culture actually Pagan culture? That is the assertion of Arthur W. Hunt III who has published a book that is currently being hyped by Christianity Today.
“The Vanishing Word” tells us “that by exalting visual imagery we risk becoming mindless pagans. Our thirst for images has dulled our minds so that we lack the biblical and mental defenses we need to resist pagan influences. What about paganism? Hunt contends that it never died in modern western culture; image-based media just brought it to the surface again”
Funny, but I could have sworn that many pagan cultures prized literacy. But I’m sure a scholar of such merit wouldn’t lower himself to sensationalism just to sell a few more units would he?
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