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December 2012

December 05, 2012

Tell the Wolves I’m Home: A Deep, Deep Love Story

"God tames us, drawing us into an embrace that asserts at once our uniqueness and...

December 03, 2012

Football without a Prayer: Why Pre-Football Piety is a Bad Idea

How should Christians respond to attacks on pre-game prayers by groups like the Freedom from...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Can Faith in the Better Story Sustain Us? Survival and Significance in “Life of Pi”

Stories are an important signal of faith's existence, but are they wondrous and hopeful enough?

November 26, 2012

Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”: 30 Years of Fear (but Fear Not)

Matthew Linder examines the continuing cultural legacy of Michael Jackson's Thriller, and its themes of...

November 21, 2012

The Ghosts of Thanksgiving

"To remember the things that death and sin have stolen from us, this is the...

November 19, 2012

The Naked Racism of an Obama America

America is more racially divided today than when Obama took office. In this feature, Alan...

November 14, 2012

Recording & Recovering Childhood in Sam Billen’s ‘Places’

Jason Morehead explores the recollections of childhood memories found in the music of Sam Billen.

November 12, 2012

Reinventing Their Exit: Reflections on the Music of Underoath

Kiel Hauck explains how a metal band redefined a genre, confronted spirituality with masterful artistry,...

November 07, 2012

As Biblical as Apple Pie: Rachel Held Evans’s A Year of Biblical Womanhood

Carissa Smith read Rachel Held Evans's new book, and found it heavy on the stunts...

November 05, 2012

The Lost Women and Children of the Abortion Debate: A Pro-life Response to Walsh, Akin, and Mourdock

A staunchly pro-life critique of the recent flippancy of abortion rhetoric by pro-life candidates Joe...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

How “Zombie Jesus” Guides Us through the Postmodern Apocalypse

"The presence of a satirical religious figure at some of the Zombie Walks provides hints...

October 29, 2012

Don’t Vote: An Alternative to American Politics

Nick Rynerson takes a look at the history and value of Christian political disengagement.

October 24, 2012

All Hallow’s Read: Why We Should Read Scary Stories for Halloween

Erin Newcomb makes a case for the virtue, humanness, and theological richness of scary stories,...

October 22, 2012

Becoming a Slave Again to Edifying Habits

Evangelicals are beginning to care less about discerning good cultural objects and care more about...

October 17, 2012

Lecrae and Big K.R.I.T.: Presenting the Wrestle

According to guest contributer, Matthew Linder, Lecrae's song-length partnership with mainstream rapper Big K.R.I.T. is...

October 15, 2012

How Mumford Stays True

Often accused of being inauthentic, we could learn a lot from Mumford's british invasion of...

October 10, 2012

A Lost Cause?: The Master and the Search for Desire’s Anchor

P.T. Anderson's recent film sheds light on two souls who find themselves both adrift and...

October 04, 2012

Replacement Referees and the Violation of Justice

How the scandal surrounding the replacement refs and their abysmal performance has shed light on...

September 2012

September 11, 2012

Live Free or Die Hard? Walter White's Spectacular Imaginative Failure

How Walt's descent into badness is a flight of imagination that is crashing to the...

September 03, 2012

Labor of Love: Death of a Salesman & The Problem With Success

Guest writer, Karen Swallow Prior explains how laboring toward the American Dream can turn into...

August 2012

August 23, 2012

Paul Ryan: The Man With A Plan

By taking Ryan as his running mate, Romney is making some interesting statements about what...

August 14, 2012

Higgs Boson and the Goodness of Scientific Discovery

The Higgs Boson is one of the most important scientific discoveries in recent history. So...

August 07, 2012

Called to Account by David Foster Wallace: The Pale King Wins the (CaPC) Pulitzer!

Examining the three Pulitzer finalists reveals an interesting trend.

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Invisible Ethics in the Tour de France

The notion that the Tour’s honor system may be superficial is certainly disturbing.

July 27, 2012

The Chick-fi-Asco: Why Boycotts are Awful

Alan Noble sorts through a few half-truths about Chick-fil-A to show why proxy culture wars...

July 25, 2012

The Dark Knight Rises and Truth Has its Day

Can Batman succeed at leveraging darkness to pursue the light?

July 17, 2012

Obamacare, Citizenship, and Neighbor Care

Who pays for the uninsured in a world without Obamacare? Are the Christians who are...

July 03, 2012

The Separation of Church and Patriotism

"Honoring your country does not mean offering it a pinch of incense on the altar."

June 2012

June 27, 2012

Sex & Thrones: Four Christian Views on Sex in “Game of Thrones”

Four Christ and Pop Culture writers look at the way George R.R. Martin portrays sex...

June 15, 2012

How Having Children Changed Us

CaPC contributors share how becoming a parent affected their cultural habits.

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