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February 2010

February 02, 2010

The Springfield Reformation: A Review

Despite a decline in the overall quality of the past several seasons, The Simpsons still...

January 2010

January 26, 2010

What the Church Can Learn from Facebook

In their book, Transforming Christian Theology for Church and Society, Tripp Fuller and Philip Clayton...

January 14, 2010

On Monsters: A Review

Although it might not sound like it, Stephen T. Asma's latest book, On Monsters: An...

January 06, 2010

Under Pressure

Stephen King is not often known for brevity, and his most recent novel, Under the...

December 2009

December 14, 2009

The Rapture Exposed: A Review

Hollywood has spent billions of dollars to visualize global destruction through natural and man-made disasters. ...

November 2009

November 19, 2009

Unmasking "The Enemy:" Jack G. Shaheen's "Reel Bad Arabs"

Over the course of this semester, I have been teaching a course entitled "Theological Crises...

November 12, 2009

Screening Violence: A Review

Students of religion and film or theology and film must reckon with the ever-presence of...

October 2009

October 28, 2009

The Family that Sits Together, Stays Together

A local sports talk radio host frequently comments on the importance of family, arguing that...

September 2009

September 17, 2009

A Boy and His Dogs

I don't know how it escaped me, but a draft of this review has been...

September 16, 2009

Graphic High Art

Asterios Polyp. It's either the name of an obscure Greek philosopher or some sort of...

August 2009

August 13, 2009

The Gospel According to U2

While I was living in London in Spring 2004, I came across a selection of...

August 06, 2009

Teaching Religion and Film: A Review

As I have mentioned in other reviews of film and religion books, the interdisciplinary field...

August 04, 2009

A Graphic Depiction of the Flood

We are quickly approaching the four year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I was living in...

July 2009

July 28, 2009

Heartbreakingly Horrific…

Over the past couple of years, I have become a devoted follower of Dark Horse...

July 15, 2009

After Life

One of the most influential books that I have read over the past few years...

June 2009

June 23, 2009

The Times They Are A-Changin'

What do Buddhism, the drug age, the automobile, and Pentecostalism have in common? In different...

June 05, 2009

Religion and Film: A Review

Don't let the length fool you...S. Brent Plate's latest book, Religion and Film: Cinema and...

April 2009

April 21, 2009

Screening Worship

At its basic level, Michael G. Bausch's Silver Screen Sacred Story: Using Multimedia in Worship...

April 07, 2009

Ten Questions with Brent Plate

Religious Dispatches just posted a Q & A with religion and film expert S. Brent...

March 2009

March 23, 2009

Evangelical Media

To understand the challenges that evangelical media and mainstream media pose to one another and...

February 2009

February 26, 2009

Sanctuary Cinema: A Review

The contemporary state of affairs between Hollywood and the Christian church betrays a complex history...

January 2009

January 07, 2009

Jesus at the Movies: A Review

In her book, Jesus of Hollywood, Adele Reinhartz claimed that Jesus films often tell us...

November 2008

November 30, 2008

Jesus of Hollywood, A Review

Few books on film and religion are as insightful as Adele Reinhartz's Jesus of Hollywood. ...

October 2008

October 22, 2008

A Sacred and Secular Negotiation

In the closing minutes of his new documentary, Religulous, Bill Maher transitions from an agnostic...

August 2008

August 20, 2008

Sacred Identities…

Over the past year or so, I have been delving back into the worlds of...

August 18, 2008

Shining a Light…

The world of theology and film studies may well be the most popular and fastest-growing...

July 2008

July 02, 2008

A Dose of Theology…

William H. Willimon’s newest book, Who Will Be Saved?, is an extended sermon in praise...

June 2008

June 09, 2008

FREE BOOK WEEK

Things around Pop Theology have been somewhat lax over the past few weeks with end...

May 2008

May 20, 2008

Entertainment Theology…

Towards the end of his latest book, Entertainment Theology: New-Edge Spirituality in a Digital Democracy,...

April 2008

April 17, 2008

Touch of Gray…

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