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February 2010

February 01, 2010

Bad Even for Hollywood

In a recent review of The Book of Eli, I referenced Owen Glieberman's review of...

January 2010

January 29, 2010

A New Way to Dialogue…

I recently highlighted a list of significant religious documentaries released in the past decade. Well...it...

January 27, 2010

The Bubble: A Review

Check out Richard Lindsay's review of the Israeli film, The Bubble (2006), after the jump....

January 26, 2010

What the Church Can Learn from Facebook

In their book, Transforming Christian Theology for Church and Society, Tripp Fuller and Philip Clayton...

January 20, 2010

A Post-Apocalyptic Bible

In 2009, there were two (post)apocalyptic films...that I am aware of, The Road and 2012. ...

January 19, 2010

The Hurt Locker

Many of the films that focus on the war in Iraq look at the effects...

January 15, 2010

The Earthquake in Haiti, God, and the Arbitrariness of Life

By now, most people are just as familiar with Pat Robertson's interpretation of the Haitian...

January 14, 2010

On Monsters: A Review

Although it might not sound like it, Stephen T. Asma's latest book, On Monsters: An...

January 12, 2010

LIFE.SUPPORT.MUSIC. A Review

At the first Transforming Theology Conference last year, Tripp Fuller and I videoed the participants...

January 06, 2010

Under Pressure

Stephen King is not often known for brevity, and his most recent novel, Under the...

January 05, 2010

A Decade for Documentaries

As Richard and I mentioned in our review of some of the most spiritually and...

January 04, 2010

Ten Spiritually/Theologically Significant Films of the Decade

Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay and I have just completed our list of ten spiritually

December 2009

December 23, 2009

Victory With (A Sappy) Heart

As a sports fan, I am well aware of games' ability to bring people together...

December 22, 2009

A Cinematic Game Changer?

Unless you've been in a coma for over a year, you are probably familiar with...

December 15, 2009

A Complex Evil

I recently took a break from my Christmas movie bonanza with all its images of...

December 14, 2009

The Rapture Exposed: A Review

Hollywood has spent billions of dollars to visualize global destruction through natural and man-made disasters. ...

December 11, 2009

He Loves to Fly and It Shows

Throughout this semester, I have frequently referenced an NPR interview with film scholar David Thomson...

December 09, 2009

BEING ERICA: RE/MEMBERING SIN!

Check out the latest from Jason Derr on Being Erica after the jump. BEST SHOW...

December 04, 2009

Tear Me Down: Why Hedwig still Rocks Twenty Years after the Wall

Check out Richard Lindsay's review of Hedwig and the Angry Inch after the jump. "Have...

December 03, 2009

A Fate Worse Than Death?

Roland Emmerich's disaster films are escapist fantasies that imagine how we humans will respond in...

December 02, 2009

The World's Dead, But At Least the Family Survived

There's an interesting thread to Roland Emmerich's disaster films. Against the backdrop of alien invasions...

November 2009

November 20, 2009

Jesus, This Was Boring…

"But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to...

November 19, 2009

Unmasking "The Enemy:" Jack G. Shaheen's "Reel Bad Arabs"

Over the course of this semester, I have been teaching a course entitled "Theological Crises...

November 18, 2009

FlashForward: Paradoxology and the Work of God

Check out the latest from Jason Derr after the jump, an attempt to look at...

November 17, 2009

They Killed Sister Dorothy

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his...

November 16, 2009

V: A Review

Last summer, we saw an alien spaceship settle over a capital city. Despite the potential...

November 13, 2009

Not So Wild Things

Getting into the mind of a 12-year-old boy is no easy task. Crafting that internal...

November 12, 2009

Screening Violence: A Review

Students of religion and film or theology and film must reckon with the ever-presence of...

November 04, 2009

Two Films in One…

"I'd love to watch that film with the Women's Studies Group at the Graduate Theological...

October 2009

October 30, 2009

A New Pop Theology Contributor and the Problem of Geeky Authority

Pop Theology is thrilled to welcome its newest contributor, Jason Derr. Jason has extensively studied...

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