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March 2011

March 15, 2011

Graphic Religion

With a dissertation dominating my time for the last year, comics and graphic novels got...

March 07, 2011

An Epic Life

"'Mr. DeMille,' said [Charles] Laughton, 'I notice that all of your pictures have a religious...

January 2011

January 18, 2011

Save More, Think Less

I doubt there are many books that combine economics, theology, politics, and cultural studies as...

January 13, 2011

Rap's Greatest Apologist

I don't read very many books about musicians and music, but even if I did,...

October 2010

October 27, 2010

Philosophy Through Video Games: A Review

While video game criticism has yet to reach the cultural status of its film counterparts,...

September 2010

September 28, 2010

An Epic Journey

Anyone bored or turned off by the recent "sissification" of the vampire, particularly in the...

September 17, 2010

A Prophetic Fame

Though at only 176 pages it might seem like a short novel, Daniel Kehlmann's Fame...

September 10, 2010

Something Like a Phenomenon

The fact that video game industry revenue has surpassed $19 billion dollars and that one...

September 01, 2010

A Review of "Movie Love: The Complete Reviews of Pauline Kael, 1988-1991"

Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay provides a review of a collection of one of the...

August 2010

August 03, 2010

Get A(n Extra) Life

Later this year, I'll be presenting a paper on the ethical/theological/moral implications of video games. ...

July 2010

July 21, 2010

Shake It

Heather Hendershot's Shaking the World for Jesus: Media and Conservative Evangelical Culture is one of...

July 12, 2010

A Free Market of Faith

In her book, Brands of Faith, Mara Einstein argues that religion is a competing commodity...

July 06, 2010

GOD'S ECONOMY: A Review

As part of my dissertation research, I've been looking into the Prosperity Gospel, the Health...

June 2010

June 28, 2010

THE DUDE ABIDES: A REVIEW

There can be no doubt that brothers Joel and Ethan Coen are perhaps two of...

June 23, 2010

A Heavenly Battle

Angelology is one of the latest entries in the recent spate of religious adventure fiction...

June 17, 2010

An Evangelical Pop Culture Expedition

A secular, humanist, non-practicing Jewish writer from New York takes a year-long tour through evangelical...

June 16, 2010

We Don't Get Another Hero

I absolutely love and am fascinated with apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic narratives. To me, they speak...

May 2010

May 25, 2010

BRANDS OF FAITH: A REVIEW

Mara Einstein argues, in her book Brands of Faith: Marketing Religion in a Commercial Age,...

May 18, 2010

Witnessing a Confession

I looked forward to reading Tony DuShane's Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk because I...

May 10, 2010

Read Them, Read Them, Read Them!

Due to the volcanic ash cloud's disruption of my wife's arrival to the UK, I...

April 2010

April 08, 2010

TOYING WITH GOD: A Review

When most of us think of religious toys and games, we probably go straight to...

March 2010

March 31, 2010

FROM ANGELS TO ALIENS: A Review

In keeping with my recent academic obsession with the undead, I came across Lynn Schofield...

March 25, 2010

VAMPIRE GOD: A Review

In preparation for an upcoming conference on vampires and the undead in popular culture, I've...

March 16, 2010

Hitchcock and Murder

David Thomson is one of the most accomplished film historians and critics working today. His...

March 05, 2010

Now That's the Truth

As far as pop-culture creations are concerned, The Wire is pretty much unbeatable across a...

February 2010

February 23, 2010

Hauntingly Beautiful

Our newest Pop Theology contributor, Jessica Margrave Schirm (read more about her on the Contributors...

February 22, 2010

LOST Deserves Better

In the latest version of "The Gospel According to 'Insert-Pop-Culture-Creation-Here,'" Chris Seay turns his attention...

February 18, 2010

A Pop Theology Conversation with Craig Detweiler

This afternoon, I connected with Craig Detweiler over Skype to talk about his latest book,...

February 18, 2010

Is God a Gamer?

Theology and popular culture is an ever-growing field with numerous implications for both the church...

February 05, 2010

The Religious Film: A Review

In only 156 pages, Pamela Grace sets forth on a bold undertaking to create a...