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July 2015

July 29, 2015

The Netflix-ization of the Church

Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on the Future of...

June 2014

June 16, 2014

The Sixties Were Groovy — But So Is Today

Last week, my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. This was a beautiful moment for...

April 2014

April 21, 2014

Pitch Your Way to $1M

I've seen Disney's upcoming baseball film, Million Dollar Arm, twice now and will write more on...

March 2014

March 19, 2014

The New Amazing Spiderman 2 Trailer is Here!

Check out the final official trailer for The Amazing Spiderman 2 releasing on May 2. With Chronicle's...

March 18, 2014

SXSW 2014: Part 2

The second half of my first SXSW experience was marked by two productive meetings for...

March 13, 2014

SXSW Film: The First Half

It’s my first time to SXSW, so I quickly learned what a fool I was...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

A Conversation with the Stars of Black Nativity

A couple of weeks ago, I attended my very first press junket, a typical Hollywood...

November 20, 2013

“Catching Fire” premiere pays tribute to personal heroes

Pop Theology contributor Steve Sudeth attended Monday night's red carpet premier of the new Hunger Games film, Catching...

July 2013

July 28, 2013

A Millennial Mainline Resurgence Is Just Around the Corner!

An interesting article by reformist evangelical and author Rachel Held Evans has been making the...

July 10, 2013

The New Oldboy Trailer is Here!! The New Oldboy Trailer is Here!!

I don't know that I've ever been more excited to see an upcoming film for...

July 09, 2013

A Religious Pilgrimage…Of Sorts

We spent the long 4th of July weekend down in Santa Ana, CA, visiting friends....

July 05, 2013

Bert and Ernie Are Gay—Get Over It

This week, the New Yorker came out with a cover that has already caused an...

March 2013

March 06, 2013

Christians Gone Wild!

Three recent examples of conservative Christians in the news: of course, these are “newsmaker” Christians—people...

October 2012

October 10, 2012

Laughter in the Face of Fear

Things around here at Pop Theology have been fairly quiet over the last few weeks....

July 2012

July 14, 2012

Pop Goes the Temple

About 13 km south of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, you can visit Wat Rong...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Dude, You Are Totally Into Religion

Maybe you’ve heard about it in the traditional media or stumbled on it on YouTube,...

June 06, 2012

Looking Forward from E3

I fancy myself a bit of a gamer. Here on our world tour, I've allowed...

March 2012

March 02, 2012

God, Godiva and Lady Gaga: A Spirituality for Lent

My good friend Andrew Daugherty, Minister of Faith Formation at Myers Park Baptist Church in...

January 2012

January 07, 2012

Lennon's Twitterers #Fail to Give Peace a Chance

Richard Lindsay here: On New Years Eve, Cee-Lo Green made the mistake of crossing the...

December 2011

December 16, 2011

Hitchens Gets What's Coming to Him

Richard Lindsay shares his reflections on the death (and life) of Christopher Hitchens, the power...

December 14, 2011

Joss Whedon Call for Papers

Attention all Firefly, Buffy, X-Men, and all things geek lovers out there! I am co-editing...

April 2011

April 20, 2011

The Newest Pop Theology Member

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

October 2010

October 29, 2010

For Your Halloween Pleasure

This month's theoblogger question at Patheos, in honor of Halloween is, "Are Demons Real?" There...

March 2010

March 18, 2010

Filming Revolutions: Film History as Church History?

After the jump, check out a video of my presentation at the Theology After Google...

February 2010

February 26, 2010

In Defense of AVATAR: Or Why Mark Driscoll Just Doesn't Get It

Yesterday, a friend directed me to an article about a recent sermon by Mark Driscoll...

January 2010

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...

September 2009

September 18, 2009

Some Thoughts on Broadcasting Worship…

While re-watching Frost/Nixon, I was struck by one of the opening lines of the film. ...

August 2009

August 18, 2009

Michael Vick: On Judgement and Participation

Whenever pop culture icons exhibit bad behavior...behavior that would ruin the careers and lives of...

June 2009

June 26, 2009

Anthea Butler on Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson

Religion Dispatches has an interesting article up this morning entitled "When the Gods Die: Michael...

June 25, 2009

R.I.P. K.o.P.

Unless you're working the night shift and have just woken up for work, you probably...