Moral Apologetics Press presents two books (in one!) on Disney & Apologetics.

Disney is a force of formative power in contemporary pop culture, which underscores the worth of engaging it apologetically. The book considers the power of narrative, its connection to worldview presumptions (background social imaginaries), and the value of approaching moral and theological dialogue through the lenses of pop culture. Walt Disney is introduced as an authoritative storyteller in the contemporary pop-culture context, a pioneer in twentieth-century musical animation and animated features, and an exemplar for using a nonsectarian canon of narratives in order to argue, subtly, for an objective moral truth and goodness that will overcome all evil, and the beauty of a kingdom inhabited by virtuous characters. Pop-culture narratives (like Disney films) possess a power to make abstract ideas more accessible. We do not so easily feel propositions, and so we do not necessarily feel the force of an abstract argument. A good story, on the other hand, like good music (and Disney gives us both), has more direct power to move us. We feel it. And though we may not immediately recognize it, what we feel is the force of conviction—the impact of, or need for, a choice and/or a sense that something is not as it ought to be. Even if we ascribe to moral relativism, or at least suppose that we do, stories force us to bump into our deepest convictions; convictions that often compel us to cling to notions of morality, notions of justice and injustice, that carry the freight of something objective, universal, applicable to everyone, everywhere. As such, Christian apologists can find great effectiveness in using Disney stories as doorways into moral dialogue and Divine Truth.