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July 2011

July 14, 2011

Quo Vadis: Forgotten Classic of the Sword-and-Sandal Genre

Richard Lindsay looks back on the Christian epic, Quo Vadis, after the jump. Along with...

July 08, 2011

On Religious Tradition and Ecstasy (the drug)

The basic premise of Holy Rollers is interesting enough: an Orthodox Jew gets involved in...

June 2011

June 23, 2011

A Cosmic Melodrama

After some technical difficulties and a "tree of life" experience of my own, I can...

June 17, 2011

A Disturbing Mix

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what kind of film The Handmaid is. It’s definitely a...

June 13, 2011

The First (and Best) Class

This review of X-Men: First Class is somewhat delayed...but then again, a week on the...

May 2011

May 26, 2011

A Bio-Technological Prophet

With all the talk surrounding Harold Camping, the failure of his March 21st rapture prediction,...

May 23, 2011

Krump Theology: Street Kingdom, Faith, and America’s Best Dance Crew

The Rev. Dr. Angela Yarber, pastor of Wake Forest Baptist Church, GTU PhD grad, artist,...

May 20, 2011

Placing Products & Making Choices

Tony Mills reviews Morgan Spurlock's latest documentary and considers the ways in which product placement...

May 18, 2011

There's Beauty in those Messy Places

Ordinarily, when observing portraits, most of us might not think about the potentially transformative relationship...

May 11, 2011

BBC’s Being Human: Monsters in the Closet, Parts 2 & 3

Richard Lindsay undertakes the daunting task of reviewing the entire second and third seasons of...

May 06, 2011

Of Gods and Leadership

New Pop Theology contributor Tony Mills reviews Thor, the latest Marvel single-character blockbuster leading up...

May 03, 2011

Revenge on a Small (but Tragic) Scale

Conversations about violence, justice, revenge, and healing have no doubt been taking place across social...

April 2011

April 26, 2011

Witness a Bad Film…

Director Kevin Smith once said (in the documentary This Film is Not Yet Rated) that...

April 25, 2011

An Alien Theological Encounter

New Pop Theology contributor Tony Mills reviews the recent Simon Pegg/Nick Frost comedy, Paul. Check...

April 20, 2011

The Newest Pop Theology Member

It's our pleasure to welcome new contributor Tony Mills to the Pop Theology team. Tony...

April 11, 2011

OF GODS AND MEN: Loving your Neighbor—when your Neighbor is Death

In his latest article, Richard Lindsay engages in something of a review/conversation of the new...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

Finally, A Vampire that Really Sucks…

Move over Bill Compton. Step aside Edward Cullen. There's a new sheriff...er, vampire...in town, and...

March 25, 2011

The Lure of the Dark Side: A Review

The dark side is alive and well in popular culture and has been for millenia....

March 21, 2011

The Adjustment Bureau: ‘We’re from God and We’re Here to Help’

Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay reviews The Adjustment Bureau after the jump. “God has a...

March 15, 2011

Graphic Religion

With a dissertation dominating my time for the last year, comics and graphic novels got...

March 14, 2011

Let It (Them) Be…

You'd be forgiven for thinking that a movie called Monsters would feature, well, numerous monstrous...

March 10, 2011

Sufjan Stevens Stretches Out

Richard Lindsay reviews Sufjan Stevens' latest album, The Age of Adz, after the jump. "God...

March 07, 2011

An Epic Life

"'Mr. DeMille,' said [Charles] Laughton, 'I notice that all of your pictures have a religious...

February 2011

February 17, 2011

Gaga Does God's Work

I'M BEAUTIFUL IN MY WAY 'CAUSE GOD MAKES NO MISTAKES. Lady Gaga continues to spread...

February 15, 2011

The Destruction of Innocence

Recovering from a dissertation defense, starting a new job, and prepping weekly lectures for my...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

Enter at Your Own Risk…

I hesitate to write about any film by Gaspar Noe for fear that someone might...

January 26, 2011

How Do You Spell Biutiful?

Biutiful will most likely turn out to be one of the best Oscar nominated films...

January 18, 2011

Save More, Think Less

I doubt there are many books that combine economics, theology, politics, and cultural studies as...

January 13, 2011

Rap's Greatest Apologist

I don't read very many books about musicians and music, but even if I did,...

January 05, 2011

(Im)Migration and Our Neighbors

Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay reviews Sin Nombre and its implications for our understanding of...

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