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March 2017

March 25, 2017

At SXSW2017: Music Festival Day 4

Look, there are simply far too many bands at SXSW for one man to cover...

March 21, 2017

SXSW 2017: ‘Divine Divas’–Drag Wisdom for the Ages

Anyone who has seen the legendary drag documentary Paris is Burning with Dorian Corey knows...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

Top 50 Records of 2016

Just under the wire – my personal top 50 albums of the year. This is,...

November 2016

November 22, 2016

Spa Night/Being 17: Two Twists on Coming Out Tales

Having moved back to Civilization, I now have access to an embarrassment of riches when...

October 2016

October 06, 2016

#KillerSerials: LUKE CAGE, Eps. 1 & 2

Tony Jones and Ryan Parker discuss the new Netflix hit, Luke Cage, and talk about how...

September 2016

September 10, 2016

San Francisco: The Movie

"I've come to the conclusion that there are really only two types of people in...

June 2016

June 05, 2016

From the L.A. Film Fest: ‘Political Animals’ — Lesbian Legislators and the Hard Work of Change

“There is no period so remote as the recent past.” – The History Boys It’s...

November 2015

November 26, 2015

A Gay Presbyterian on a Jesuit Retreat

For a Protestant, doing things in a Catholic setting is like going to a foreign...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Duck Dynasty Blog #10: ‘Quack-O-Lantern’

The Set-Up: It’s Halloween at the Duck Commander headquarters Hilarity Ensues: As with many of...

October 22, 2013

Duck Dynasty Blog #9 “Going Si-Ral”

The Set-Up: Si discovers YouTube and wants to put up instructional videos. John Luke destroys...

October 13, 2013

Guillermo del Toro’s House of Horror

No big surprise, but the photo above is of Guillermo del Toro's house, which...

October 07, 2013

Duck Dynasty Blog: On Phil’s Homophobic Sermon–Learning to Paint with a Narrow Brush

“We’re believers in the Lord. We think he set this all up for us.” –...

October 03, 2013

Duck Dynasty Blog #7: Scoot-Along Si

The Set-Up: Willie and Si have a fender bender in the Duck Commander parking lot,...

September 2013

September 18, 2013

Duck Dynasty Blog #6: John Luke after Dentist

The Set-Up: The oldest of Willie’s kids, John Luke and Sadie, get their wisdom teeth...

September 13, 2013

Bad Christian Art: “Excuse me while I go throw up and rock myself in a corner.”

Editor's Note: Guest blogger Jeremy Hamilton-Arnold writes about the dangers of bad religious artwork. Jeremy...

September 12, 2013

Duck Dynasty Blog #5: Termite Be a Problem

The Set-Up: The Duck Commander warehouse is infested with termites. As the place is fumigated,...

September 05, 2013

Duck Dynasty Blog #4: “A-Jase-ent Living”

The Set-Up: Jase is...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

Guest Blogger Benjamin Griffin: No Reason Church Can’t Be a Metal Show

Editor's Note: Guest blogger Benjamin Griffin offers his thoughts on the Church of Metal. A...

August 28, 2013

Duck Dynasty Blog #3: Hot Tub Grime Machine

Set-Up: Duck Commander employee Godwin says he wants...

August 22, 2013

Duck Dynasty Blog #2: ‘So You Think You Can Date’

Season 4, Episode 2 “So You Think You Can...

August 06, 2013

Follow-up Post on Millennials and Church

Rule #1 in blogging: Controversy = Clicks. Since we re-launched PopTheology.com on Patheos, we have...

July 2013

July 21, 2013

Songs for Dead Children: The Precious Moments Chapel in Carthage, MO

Venturing into Middle America to see what middle Americans find entertaining has become a right...

July 17, 2013

Pedro Almodóvar’s “I’m So Excited”: Virtuous Cinema

One of my least favorite ways to address popular culture and religion is to use...

June 2013

June 14, 2013

What is PopTheology?

Ryan: You’d think after blogging for six years we’d know, but it seems like new...

August 2012

August 04, 2012

Classic Documentary: Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

In 1993 as a freshman at the University of Louisville, the gay community I took...

June 2012

June 04, 2012

The New Snow White: Like Disney, But With More Skull-Crushing

Richard here. There comes a point--maybe it’s after studying a bunch of obscure films for...

May 2012

May 18, 2012

Right Fight, Wrong Dystopia: Two Cheers for the Hunger Games

Richard here. In the spirit of going ahead and writing about things even though they’ve...

October 2010

October 20, 2010

Erotic Incarnation

Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay offers his review of the new independent film, Howl, a...

April 2010

April 20, 2010

Doesn't Take a Superhero

Pop Theology contributor Richard Lindsay reviews the new release, Kick-Ass, after the jump. I ought...