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July 2015

July 01, 2015

Popping Collars Part II: “Jesus becomes a monster for us and with us”

My book, Hollywood Biblical Epics: Camp Spectacle and Queer Style from the Silent Era to...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Richard’s Book Is Here! + Part One of Popping Collars

So the big day has arrived. My book, Hollywood Biblical Epics: Camp Spectacle and Queer...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Book Review: DID GOD KILL JESUS?

I've got a Godfather 3 type relationship with the church. Just when I think I'm...

November 2014

November 23, 2014

Disquiet Time: A Review

It’s been a long time since I’ve had a productive streak of quiet times: portions...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

A Rugged Apocalypse

Like Jeff VanderMeer's The Southern Reach trilogy, Edan Lepucki offers little explanation of what caused the downfall...

July 2014

July 09, 2014

The Mystery Continues

A few weeks ago, I praised the first installment of Jeff Vandermeer's The Southern Reach Trilogy, Annihilation....

April 2014

April 21, 2014

ANNIHILATION: A Review

Most dystopian novels explain what went wrong right away and settle into a narrative of...

April 05, 2014

From a Freebie to a (Potential) Blockbuster

The only thing more unbelievable (read: awesome!) than the plot of Andy Weir's novel, The Martian,...

March 2014

March 24, 2014

Mediating Faith: A Review

Few writers have made me think in new ways about the technological, hyper-connected world in...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

Making (Religious) Meaning out of (Pop) Music

Few scholars of religion and popular culture are as thorough in their articulation of both...

February 05, 2014

A Beautiful Mystery

Every now and then, when I finish watching a movie, I ask myself, "What the...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Death at the Movies: A Review

Few film and religion books are as intriguingly interreligious as Lyn and Tom Davis Genelli's Death...

January 23, 2014

Finding Grace in the Loud Places

I'm slowly gearing up for my first extended writing foray into non-film subject matter with...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Angels Among Us

Angels play a major role in the Christmas story that many Christians around the world...

December 11, 2013

A Prophetic State of Mind

Every now and then...rarely really...I read a book about film(making) that, like I feel after...

December 05, 2013

Blessed by Less: A Review

Blessed by Less. This is certainly not the mantra that many of us will be...

December 03, 2013

The Goldfinch: Worth the Wait

If you're a fan of Donna Tartt's work, then you know you have to wait...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Drinking as Spiritual Experience?

Based on our travel experiences last year, I frequently think about creating a "reality series"...

June 2013

June 20, 2013

Five Reasons Why Jesus Isn’t Superman

“My hope for the church is for it to become Gospel-saturated and focused on the...

June 19, 2013

Five Reasons Why Superman Isn’t Jesus

The moment word broke of the new Superman film, Man of Steel, directed by Zack...

May 2013

May 22, 2013

Cooperative Creativity

In preparation for an upcoming film producers' program, I've got a laundry list of films...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Film Freedom

In recent years, much has been written about the historical relationship between religion (as an...

March 2013

March 26, 2013

Wedded Bliss?? Hardly.

I find it somewhat fitting that, as the Supreme Court of the United States considers...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

Peaceful Progress?

With frequent accounts of random gun violence, the vehemence with which many Americans cling to...

January 2013

January 15, 2013

Religion and Lit Snapshots: Canticle, Gilead, and Damned

During the recent holiday season, I read three books that could not have been more...

November 2012

November 06, 2012

Making Friends Among the Taliban

Peacemaker Dan Terry followed the way of Jesus into hostile, neglected territory of back country...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

The Undead and Theology: A Review

If you're looking to celebrate Halloween with a good book, then look no further than...

October 17, 2012

Look Closely at Your Own Soul: A Review of Savage Cinema

Even though he is not working from an explicitly religious or theological perspective, Stephen Prince's...

October 01, 2012

A Shameless Plug and Summary!

Of course, I'm biased, but I think the newest theology and film book, Light Shining...

September 2012

September 14, 2012

Religion, Submission, and Authority

With the events in Libya over the past week and the anniversary of 9/11, it...