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June 2009

June 03, 2009

The Wordy Shipmates and American Exceptionalism

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

May 2009

May 16, 2009

CaPC Recommends: 4 for the Weekend

3 books, and one game influenced by a book.

March 2009

March 13, 2009

Podcast #38: Ben and Rich Look Forward, Part 3 (Games/Books/Music)

Rich and Ben have a discussion about the games, books and music that CaPC is...

March 04, 2009

Heroes of the Valley Takes on Christianity Without the Magic

Carissa Smith finds more to love in Jonathan Stroud's sorcery-laden previous work than in this...

February 2009

February 16, 2009

Octavian Nothing: Novel for the Nation

Carissa Smith discovers a great novel disguised as a book for kids.

January 2009

January 28, 2009

Looking Forward: Books and Music in 2009

Carissa Smith shares the literature and music she's most looking forward to in 2009.

December 2008

December 29, 2008

What was Actually So Great About 2008

Alan Noble takes back some of the foolish things he said in the past.

December 10, 2008

Podcast #34: Rich and Ben "Put a Ring On It"

Rich and Ben discuss an unlikely subject: Beyonce.

December 01, 2008

"Brighten the Corner Where You Are"–and Beware the Devil-Possum!

Carissa Smith finds little to do with evolution and a lot to do with truth...

November 2008

November 19, 2008

Podcast #30: Rich and Ben "Bond"

Ben and Rich return with a new format and a bit of a vengeance.

November 10, 2008

The Recent Buzz over The Secret Life of Bees's "Bible Study Guide"

Carissa Smith gives a suspect idea a chance.

October 2008

October 22, 2008

The Secret Life of Bees

Carissa Smith views an 'African-American' film and concludes, "You're not helping."

October 13, 2008

Death By Love: The Gospel as Cultural Engagement

David Dunham finds in Mark Driscoll's new book a refreshing new form of cultural engagement.

October 08, 2008

Acedia: The Forgotten Sin

Carissa Smith bets you don't even know how to spell it!

September 2008

September 23, 2008

Robinson’s ‘Home’: Housekeeping in Gilead

Carissa Smith finds a surprising sort of excitement in the new novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning...

September 16, 2008

Top Five Books on Religion in the South

Carissa Smith explores her roots in a series of recommended books.

September 01, 2008

Vonnegut's Breakfast… and so on.

Ben Bartlett examines the celebrated work of Kurt Vonnegut, and wonders if it's something we...

August 2008

August 07, 2008

‘Breaking Dawn’: Do We Want a Happy Ending?

In the final post in CAPC’s coverage of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga, Carrissa Smith focuses...

August 01, 2008

‘Eclipse’: No Cheap Grace, No Easy Love

Twilight, the first novel in Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling series, surprised me by being well-written. Eclipse,...

July 2008

July 21, 2008

‘New Moon’: Do Vampires Have Souls? And Other Pressing Questions

In the second post in CAPC’s coverage of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga, Carrissa Smith focuses...

July 09, 2008

'Twilight': A Positive or Negative Influence for Teens?

Carissa Smith reviews the book that no one who's male or over 18 wants to...

July 02, 2008

A CAPC Dialogue: Violence in Blood Meridian, Part 2

Though Christians have spent a lot of time discussing sex and language in movies and...

June 2008

June 27, 2008

A CAPC Dialogue: Violence in Blood Meridian

In the first installment of a CAPC dialogue, Alan Noble and Carissa Smith discuss whether...

June 26, 2008

Do Hard Things…Like Read a Book!

David Dunham invites you to turn off the television and... well, you know.

June 10, 2008

So Brave, Young, and Handsome (No, this post is not about CAPC writers)

What would happen if you took a copy of Les Miserables and highlighted the bits...

June 02, 2008

Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture

Daniel Radosh, New Yorker contributor and self-described Humanistic Jew, delves into the strange, sometimes cheesy,...

May 2008

May 26, 2008

Alan Jacobs’s The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis

The Narnian gives the reader a sense of the development and scope of Lewis’s intellectual...

May 21, 2008

Podcast #26: Speaking of Narnia…

After having seen the latest installment in the Narnia series, Ben and Rich have a...

May 20, 2008

Why Christian Critics Hated/Loved Prince Caspian

Carissa Smith examines the varied responses to the latest Narnia installment and finds that the...

May 14, 2008

The Chronicles of Narnia… Read First!

When I was 5 or 6, my dad began reading The Lion, The Witch, and...

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