7c Gateway 4: Images

Gateway 4: Images

For postmodern writers, pictures, rather than words, are the supreme form of communication. Advertising corporations spend fortunes determining the best image for a company. They develop television commercials presenting images that make us want to buy certain products and not others. Many Christians—such as myself—prefer to use words (in my own case, especially the written word) to communicate and commend our faith. Yet we need to be aware that, in our postmodern context, images are seen as having special authority and power, transcending the limitations placed on words…