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February 2014

February 21, 2014

CAPC Podcast #4: Hot Pockets, Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church, The Beats Music App

Listen here. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we discuss a wide range of topics and provide the kind...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

In Light of Macklemore’s Same Love, the Church is Called to a Different Love

A church choir, stained glass windows, and an altar decorated the background of one of...

January 31, 2014

Is the Proper Christian Response to the Grammys to Walk Out?

Grant’s decision to leave, and her decision to post on Facebook about it, were probably...

January 30, 2014

Those Generous Robots: Daft Punk and Musical Nostalgia

Daft Punk have never been shy about their influences or the sense of nostalgia that...

January 30, 2014

Listening Closely to Wolf of Wall Street: Music as a Moral Clue in the Films of Martin Scorsese

Scorsese has left us clues in Wolf of Wall Street and his other “irredeemable” films...

January 24, 2014

Hip Hop Out of Nothing: A Disenfranchised Community’s Word-Wrought Empowerment

Instead of hearing all rap lyrics as individual boasts, let's open our ears to the...

January 07, 2014

Noskalgia: A Sobering Reunion With Five Iron Frenzy

#9 in our Top #CaPCMag Features of 2013: A Five Iron Frenzy reunion tour concert...

January 03, 2014

2. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City: “The Difficulty of Believing in God in the Modern Age”

All this week, the writers of Christ and Pop Culture unveil their 25 most loved things of...

January 01, 2014

14. Lorde – Pure Heroine: “Lingers and Demands Contemplation” #CaPC25

All this week, the writers of Christ and Pop Culture unveil their 25 most loved things of...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

18. Jason Isbell – Southeastern: “Some of the Most Powerful Fiction of the Year” #CaPC25

All this week, the writers of Christ and Pop Culture unveil their 25 most loved things of...

December 26, 2013

Dances with Horses: One Year After Gangnam Style, a Former Resident of Gangnam Reflects

"Gangnam Style" presents itself to us as a valuable cultural barometer, a textual window into...

December 19, 2013

God and Country Music: 5 Christmas Country Songs That Aren’t Awful

As much as I love Country music—even the bad stuff—when Christmas comes around, Country music...

December 11, 2013

Hip Hop, Beauty, and the Eye of the Beholder

"The question we ought to ask about rap is not whether it proclaims God's nature...

December 10, 2013

Page CXVI’s Christmas Album Helped Me Channel the Spirit of Advent

"Latifah Philips' passionately subdued vocals for "O Come" in particular embody Israel's passionate longing—that desire...

December 05, 2013

Living in a World of “Little Boys With Their Porno”

A deep cut off of Arcade Fire's new album acknowledges a cultural shift among young...

December 02, 2013

Does God Listen to Rap? An Interview with Curtis Allen

"Rap is bridging the gap between two different worlds and is accomplishing more gospel unity...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Why Are We Still Surprised When “Entertainment” Does More Than Entertain Us?

"What is incredulous to me is this continuing idea that popular culture -- be it...

November 21, 2013

Jason Isbell’s Decoration Day and Stories of Truth

"in 'Decoration Day', Isbell has done what a long line of storytellers have done before...

November 14, 2013

Lou Reed and the Iconography of Rock and Roll

"In the same way that religious icons represent larger realities, Lou Reed stood for his...

November 01, 2013

The Understated Power of Influence: Why Lou Reed is Such a Big Deal, Even If You’ve Never Heard of Him

"15 minutes of fame be damned: Lou Reed will have decades of influence."

October 2013

October 30, 2013

“Hole in the World”: A Musical Entry Point into the Gates of Heaven

I don’t quite know how to explain it any other way, but Daniel Amos’ “Hole...

October 29, 2013

God and Country Music: Stories and Reformation in Outlaw Country

Nick Rynerson finds commonalities between the stories of Christianity and Outlaw Country.

October 22, 2013

Steve McQueen and Discovery of the Self

Guest Contributor Esther O'Reilly explains how Steve McQueen found his true self later in life.

October 22, 2013

God and Country Music: Shovels & Rope’s Punk-Rock, Incidental Spirituality

"Regardless of the intention behind Shovels & Rope’s spiritual aesthetics, they are present throughout."

October 16, 2013

Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 5: Music for a Mad Man

The Time Lord needs timeless tunes, and series composer Murray Gold obliges with creative and...

October 15, 2013

Musicians from Warring Nations Gives Us a Picture of Peace

A musician I am not, but if you break out the cello, I can scarcely...

October 07, 2013

God and Country Music: Eric Church’s “Springsteen” Is Sort of Like Heaven

"Born To Run was in my CD player on my wedding day, so now I...

October 02, 2013

How CHVRCHES Fell Victim to the Hype Machine

"Hype is an ever-present feature of music these days, and CHVRCHES have certainly put it...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

God and Country: Echoes of the Church in American Music

Popular music generally and Americana in particular are full of Christian relics—images, sounds, and pictures...

September 17, 2013

How The Psalms Made Folk Music

"Along with being God’s perfect word, the hymnbook of the Bible is an unparalleled artistic...

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