A Pop Theology Conversation with Craig Detweiler
This afternoon, I connected with Craig Detweiler over Skype to talk about his latest book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games with God. …
Is God a Gamer?
Theology and popular culture is an ever-growing field with numerous implications for both the church and academia. Churches and professors have embraced the…
The Hound of Heaven
As the days and weeks approach, we’ll start to hear more and more about the “best movie(s) of the year.” To hear about…
Swing and a Miss…
After watching Creation, the film supposedly about Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, one is left wondering what all the American fuss…
The Religious Film: A Review
In only 156 pages, Pamela Grace sets forth on a bold undertaking to create a new film genre, the hagiopic. In her book,…
Crazy Good…
Crazy Heart is this year’s The Wrestler, and that’s not a bad thing. Without the violence and the real-life comeback story of a…
Pop Theology’s Oscar Conversation
Like Punxsutawney Phil, Ernest Myers usually makes an appearance at Pop Theology around this time of year. This year, Ernest and I have…
The Springfield Reformation: A Review
Despite a decline in the overall quality of the past several seasons, The Simpsons still manages to turn out a few funny episodes…
Bad Even for Hollywood
In a recent review of The Book of Eli, I referenced Owen Glieberman’s review of the film in which he bemoaned the release…