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June 2009

June 19, 2009

Podcast #51: Summer Boredom, In with the Old, and Prop. 8

Here's one thing you can do during all that free time you have.

June 17, 2009

RetroPost: Motion Picture Messages

Five ways movies can put forth a moral or spiritual message.

June 16, 2009

Flannery O'Connor and the Christ-Haunted Biography

Non-Christians like her too!

June 15, 2009

Summer Reading: Memory and Ethical Complexity in Tigana

It's not much of a summer read, but it is a rewarding and challenging novel...

June 12, 2009

Podcast #50: E3 and Summer Gaming

The future of gaming is coming... but they haven't yet announced an official release date.

June 11, 2009

RetroPost: The Dangers of Video Games

Warning: Video Games may be hazardous to your health. Or not.

June 10, 2009

Going Beyond New Releases: Appreciating Culture as Tradition, Part 2

How technology changed us, and what we can do about it.

June 09, 2009

Beyond New Releases: Appreciating Culture as Tradition, Part 1

How consumer culture makes us slaves to the new.

June 08, 2009

Should We Feel Great About Proposition 8?

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

June 05, 2009

Podcast #49: Terminator, Twitter, and Meaningless Fun

Ben and Rich discuss a bunch of stuff. Something here is bound to pique your...

June 04, 2009

The CaPC Summer of Pop-Culture-Type Reading!

Ben is not good with names.

June 03, 2009

The Wordy Shipmates and American Exceptionalism

In Sarah Vowell's new book, puritans are responsible for more than you think.

June 03, 2009

Sticks and Stones, Redux: A Review of a Review of a Review

A reviewer responds to criticism.

June 02, 2009

Baseball: Beautiful Game or Steroided Mess?

Is there any good left in this antiquated sport? Absolutely.

June 01, 2009

Why "Up" is the New Down

How Pixar's new film destroyed cynicism and defied the naive.

May 2009

May 29, 2009

Podcast #48: Jon and Kate + "Oh, Great it's the Summer TV Season"

If you're going to pick up that remote this summer, you'd better think long and...

May 28, 2009

An Ecclesiology of Twitter

Twitter is all about community, so isn't it the perfect fit for church worship service?

May 27, 2009

RetroPost – Grand Theft Auto IV: Boycott or Buy?

The choice is less black and white than you may think.

May 26, 2009

A Defense of "Meaningless Fun"

Fun is not (always) the enemy.

May 25, 2009

Terminator Salvation and Human Worth

It's not Shakespeare, but Terminator Salvation reminds us that the human race is something worth...

May 22, 2009

Podcast #47: Obama Fail, Vacation FTW!

No Mr. President, you are not "protecting women's rights." We discuss why (with a little...

May 22, 2009

Introducing: CaPC's Summer of Pop-Culture

CaPC celebrates a season of thoughtful criticism, whether our culture deserves it or not.

May 21, 2009

Jon and Kate + Date

What Your Pastor Can Learn From Reality TV

May 20, 2009

RetroPost: The Dangers of Television

Sometimes TV can be harmful. Who knew!

May 19, 2009

Star Trek Gets Real

You may groan at first mention, but Star Trek's plot device resonates with us because...

May 18, 2009

Angels & Demons: Anti-Christian? Not really. Antimatter? Oh, yes.

I went to see Angels and Demons expecting a laugh - all I got instead...

May 16, 2009

CaPC Recommends: 4 for the Weekend

3 books, and one game influenced by a book.

May 15, 2009

Podcast #46: Ben and Rich are the Kids of Summer

We grab the summer by the horns.

May 14, 2009

Lost in Religion

The conflict in the season finale of Lost hits home.

May 13, 2009

RetroPost: Why Should Jim and Pam Marry?

While a Halpert-Beasley marriage could be spiritually insightful, it could also spell disaster for The...

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