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April 2008

April 08, 2008

Nothing to Fear?

Well, I guess that depends on whether you are carrying the Olympic torch through San...

April 06, 2008

Death of Pop Religion Icon…

Charlton Heston died last night at the age of 83. While he was not the...

April 04, 2008

Sports, Religion, and Social Justice: Take Two

Here is some more footage of the GTU panel discussion on sports, religion, and social...

April 03, 2008

Sports, Religion, and Social Justice: A New Hermeneutic?

Below is the footage from a talk that I gave as part of a panel...

March 2008

March 31, 2008

Bad Movie Mondays…

Our nearest grocery store has RedBox, a $1 per night DVD rental vending machine. Surprisingly,...

March 30, 2008

Backdraft…

World War II has inspired at least 600 films; the Vietnam War around 100. As...

March 27, 2008

On the Radar…

I loved Deadwood. I think I watched all three seasons in a matter of two...

March 22, 2008

Jesus Movies for Holiday Viewing…

Here is a list of Jesus movies (forgive the whiteness) for your Easter viewing pleasure....

March 22, 2008

Rabid Rabbits

Last weekend, TCM aired the cult classic, Night of the Lepus, a B-horror movie about...

March 20, 2008

A Review of Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan’s "Violence and Theology"

As an active participant in popular culture, I am constantly barraged by violent images. From...

March 18, 2008

Minghella Passes

Anthony Minghella, director of The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Cold Mountain, suffered...

March 17, 2008

God-Man

Thanks to Andy Karlson for pointing out this hilarious comic from Salon.

March 17, 2008

Happy Anny, Lebowski!

The Big Lebowski's celebrates its 10th anniversary this month. If, like me, you can't get...

March 16, 2008

Religion in the Media Age: A Review

As the previous post makes clear, religion and media interact in contemporary culture in complex...

March 16, 2008

Religion and the News…

I consistently try to stay away from overtly political discussions here on Pop Theology. I...

March 14, 2008

The Geldof Gospel and a New Bible…

Thanks to Steven Bauman, frequent Pop Theology reader, for pointing out this article from a...

March 11, 2008

Upcoming…

There's a serious lull in theaters these days; however, I'll probably catch Horton Hears a...

March 10, 2008

Serious Handheld…

With the spring semester in full swing, my adventures in video gaming take a back...

March 10, 2008

The Wow Factor…

Galapagos: The Islands That Changed the World might be a lesser-known production than the BBC

March 10, 2008

D & D Obit…

Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died last week. I never got into Dungeons...

March 05, 2008

Recently On TCM…

Turner Classic Movies recently debuted a documentary entitled Thou Shalt Not Sin. The documentary examines...

March 05, 2008

A Real Game…

I realize that I have written about some fairly obscure films in Pop Theology's short...

February 2008

February 24, 2008

80 Oscar 08

I thought about live blogging the 2008 Oscars, but of course, got too caught up...

February 20, 2008

Long Live Convergence…

At its most basic level, the convergence culture about which Henry Jenkins writes depends on...

February 13, 2008

Convergence

Traditionally speaking, most serious scholars would scoff at the idea of turning to popular culture...

February 08, 2008

A Bright Commentary…

Depending on the film or those involved in its creation, commentaries can either be truncated...

February 06, 2008

A Fistful of Quarters

For those of you who think that competitive video gaming began with Halo tournaments.... Wait,...

February 05, 2008

More Nominations…

Rumor has it the writers' strike will end later this week. Apparently, the big issues...

February 04, 2008

Film and Religion: A Review

A new book has made an exciting contribution to the on-going study of the relationship...

February 03, 2008

Super Sunday

Happy Super Sunday! Super Bowl Sunday is the high holy day of American Civil Religion,...

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