A Free Market of Faith
In her book, Brands of Faith, Mara Einstein argues that religion is a competing commodity in a larger marketplace. James B. Twitchell takes…
Leading and Belonging
What could we possibly learn from the LeBron-athon that took place over the last two weeks other than professional sports stars are narcissistic…
The Power to Unite and Divide
At times, many of us have reacted to a professional sporting event as if it were a matter of life and death. For…
GOD’S ECONOMY: A Review
As part of my dissertation research, I’ve been looking into the Prosperity Gospel, the Health and Wealth Gospel, or the Name It and…
THE DUDE ABIDES: A REVIEW
There can be no doubt that brothers Joel and Ethan Coen are perhaps two of the most original, visionary filmmakers working today. In…
A Heavenly Battle
Angelology is one of the latest entries in the recent spate of religious adventure fiction made most popular by Dan Brown’s The Da…
Love Thy Neighbor
Currently in theaters everywhere, you can go see a great Pixar film and even stick around for a fairly good one too. Pixar’s…
An Evangelical Pop Culture Expedition
A secular, humanist, non-practicing Jewish writer from New York takes a year-long tour through evangelical Christian pop-culture? Yeah…I know how that book’s going…
We Don’t Get Another Hero
I absolutely love and am fascinated with apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic narratives. To me, they speak far more about our current theological, philosophical, and…