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We are delighted that Ted Turnau is to be contributing and speaking at three events at the beginning of August following the publication of his latest book Oasis of Imagination
: Engaging our World through a Better Creativity.
In 2012 Ted published Popologetics : Popular Culture in Christian Perspective, and in 2020 co-authored The Pop Culture Parent
: Helping Kids Engage Their World for Christ.
His most recent book Oasis of Imagination : Engaging our World through a Better Creativity is being published on 23rd July 2023.
Start Date | Title |
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Aug 05, 2023 07:00 PM | Movie & Discussion |
Aug 06, 2023 01:00 PM | Talking to your kids about pop culture |
Aug 06, 2023 06:30 PM | Oasis of imagination |
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Raised in rural Pennsylvania, Ted Turnau attended the University of Virginia (B.A. English), where he met his wife, Carolyn. He then pursued an M.Div. and Ph.D. at Westminster Theological Seminary (his dissertation is on Paul Ricoeur and popular culture).
During his time there, he and Carolyn had three children: Roger, Claire, and Ruth. After completing his Ph.D. in 1999, the whole family moved to Prague and have lived there since. He is now Chair of Journalism and Media Studies at the Anglo-American University Prague. He is a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University. He also teaches at Union School of Theology in Wales.