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December 2013

December 13, 2013

Facebook “Likes” Aren’t Enough, But Would a “Sympathize” Button Make it Worse?

How much sympathy can a click even give?

May 2013

May 20, 2013

“A Piece of the Continent”: Touch, Providence, and Human Connectedness

Touch thus emblematizes a Christian truth, one that is becoming increasingly evident in the technological...

May 15, 2013

Once upon a Time and the Redemption of Fairy Tales

On Sunday, ABC aired the second-season finale of its popular series Once upon a Time,...

May 03, 2013

Vikings Are People Too

On March 3, History Channel premiered its much-discussed miniseries The Bible, which proved to be...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

Melissa Harris-Perry Wants Your Kids! Or Does She?

The past couple weeks have seen a firestorm of controversy surrounding a 30-second television promo...

April 17, 2013

Philosophers for Hire? “Marketable” Majors and the Question of Christian Vocation

When people joke (usually good-naturedly) about the perceived irrelevance of English majors (or other liberal...

April 04, 2013

“This Is the Time of Loves”: Innovative Christian Poets in the Easter Season

The most recent issue of Christianity Today includes a delightful little appreciation by Christopher Benson...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

“Call the Midwife” Celebrates Life from Beginning to End

It is perhaps appropriate that American PBS stations should be premiering the second season of...

March 22, 2013

Saint Nicholas Strikes Back: Catholic Memes and Secularized Feast Days

I went to the kind of small Christian college that still required chapel attendance, and...

March 14, 2013

Does History Channel’s The Bible Live up to Its Promise?

Two competing emotions welled up inside me when I first learned that the History Channel...

March 04, 2013

In Memoriam Arthur Machen: Celebrating 150 Years of Horror and Ecstasy

Yesterday marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arthur Machen (1863-1947), an author who...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Bravo’s Top Chef and the Likability of Artists

Yesterday Kristen Kish beat Brooke Williamson on the season 10 finale of Bravo’s popular and award-winning reality cooking...

February 21, 2013

Faith in ABC’s Zero Hour? Don’t Bet on It

I love a well-thought-out conspiracy show; for a researcher like me, there is nothing quite...

February 04, 2013

Israeli Eugenics: Forced Birth Control for Ethiopian Jewish Immigrants

"To resort to eugenics, a weapon so often used against the Jews (themselves labeled 'undesirable'...

February 01, 2013

Project Runway Season 11 and the Individual Talent: Is Fashion Really a Team Sport?

Last Thursday marked the season 11 premiere of Lifetime’s popular reality TV fashion series Project...

January 2013

January 21, 2013

Iván Fernández Anaya’s Virtuous Victory

"The story of Basque runner Iván Fernández Anaya feels like a breath of fresh air."

January 17, 2013

“Continuum”: Freedom of the Will, the Ethics of Force, and Action-Packed Time Travel

This Monday saw the American premiere of Continuum, a new science fiction series that has...

January 11, 2013

Giddy over Gaiman’s Chu’s Day

It arrived in the mail yesterday, the plain brown cardboard disguising the school-bus-yellow book jacket...

January 04, 2013

Do Moms Do Better without Dad?

In today's edition of Slate, Pamela Gwyn Kripke writes a controversial parenting piece entitled "It’s...

January 04, 2013

Kirkus’ Best Books of 2012

The editors at Kirkus Reviews have created lists in multiple categories--children's, adult fiction, adult nonfiction,...

December 2012

December 21, 2012

Great Christmas Reads for Kids

In an act of shameless self promotion, I'm going to share the link to a...

December 21, 2012

Is Homework an Advantage for the Rich?

In this week’s The New Yorker, Louis Menard writes about the French president’s efforts...

December 13, 2012

Dorian Gray on Drugs

Bryan Saunders has 8,700 self-portraits to his credit, but it’s the 50 currently on display...

December 04, 2012

Kate Middleton’s Pregnancy and the Jesus Juke

CAPC co-founder, writer, editor, etc. (I’m sure he has more titles that I’m too low-ranking...

November 2012

November 13, 2012

Dad Vs. Zombie

"It’s telling how much these games recognize the power of fatherly love and the sacrificial...

October 2012

October 18, 2012

The Great Marshmallow Trust Test

A new study from Cognition complicates the traditional “marshmallow test” of children’s impulse control. In...

October 15, 2012

Teach Your Children Well: Reflecting on Madeline Levine’s Book and Galatians 5

Last week, MSNBC’s "The Cycle" interviewed Dr. Madeline Levine, psychologist and author of Teach Your Children...

October 12, 2012

Why Have Kids? Thoughts from a Traditional Feminist

It’s typical for me to read contemporary feminist journalism ambivalently; on the one hand, I...

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