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June 2009

June 10, 2009

Pamela Blotner

Yesterday, I had the privilege of meeting a local artist, Pamela Blotner, works in sculpture,...

June 03, 2009

Conversations With Barry Taylor, Part 3 & 4

Here are the final selections from my interview with Barry Taylor. In these videos, he...

May 2009

May 26, 2009

The (Super)Human Power of Forgiveness…and a New Website

A new interreligious website recently launched called Patheos. It's a much needed concept that offers...

May 03, 2009

Dwight Schrute is Flipping Pancakes…

Actually, Rainn Wilson has started up an interesting website called Soul Pancake that wants to...

April 2009

April 16, 2009

A Season Has Changed

In their song, "Live Free," Son Volt sings, "The season has changed; I want to...

March 2009

March 15, 2009

The Gloves Come Off: Philip Clayton and Tony Jones

Friday night, after the public forum at the Transforming Theology Conference, some participants and students...

March 13, 2009

This Just In: Theologians Debate Social Media

So I am at the Transforming Theology Conference where forty of the best and brightest...

February 2009

February 17, 2009

New On DVD Today

Two films that deal with religion in different ways release today. You can laugh, cry,...

February 12, 2009

Equus: A Review

Richard Lindsay gives us another great review, but this time, he takes us to Broadway...

February 10, 2009

Mary, Mother of Christ!

Last week, more reports started to circle around about the upcoming film Mary, Mother of...

November 2008

November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!

After you've all finished stuffing yourself with turkey and football, head on over to Homebrewed...

November 07, 2008

New Homebrewed Christianity Podcast

Our friends Tripp Fuller and Chad Crawford have a new podcast up over at Homebrewed...

September 2008

September 15, 2008

New Leader…

Congratulations to Dr. Brad Braxton, former homiletics and New Testament professor at Wake Forest University...

September 11, 2008

The Audacity of Despair

During the Olympics, President Bush sat down for a rather lengthy interview with Bob Costas. ...

September 02, 2008

You May Not Have Known His Name…

But you knew his voice... Film lovers around the world mourn the passing of legendary...

August 2008

August 06, 2008

Blessed are the Cheesemakers…

I came across this interesting article in an issue of The New Zealand Herald last...

August 06, 2008

Go West Mutants…

The 500th issue of the Uncanny X-Men finds the most famous superhero team moving to...

July 2008

July 21, 2008

Coldplay

I do not claim to be a music critic. I know what I like and...

July 15, 2008

Del Toro Interview…

As I mentioned in the previous post, I thought the recent Hellboy II was much...

June 2008

June 18, 2008

Not So Fast Hollywood…

An interesting article from yesterday's London Times on the Vatican's response to the filming of...

April 2008

April 25, 2008

Pardon Our Progress…

Whenever I see that sign at ongoing construction sites, I think, "How condescending." Well, now...

April 17, 2008

Touch of Gray…

I also work as a religion consultant for Active Voice, a non-profit media group that...

April 13, 2008

We're Here and We're….Religious?

So I just finished watching the Compassion Forum on CNN, a political debate between Democractic...

April 06, 2008

Death of Pop Religion Icon…

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

March 2008

March 18, 2008

Minghella Passes

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

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 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...