The World’s Worst Movie?
One of the great things about TCM is that they show the sublime and the absurd. Most of the latter screens late on…
Religion and Film: A Review
Don’t let the length fool you…S. Brent Plate‘s latest book, Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World, packs a serious…
Up-lifting the Spirit
Without a doubt, Pixar is one of the most creative and successful animation studios in the history of film. For over ten years,…
Conversations With Barry Taylor, Part 3 & 4
Here are the final selections from my interview with Barry Taylor. In these videos, he discusses the fading sacred/secular divide in popular culture…
Conversations with Barry Taylor: Part 1 & 2
Last week, I attended the second session of the Transforming Theology Conference down at Claremont. This time, denominational leaders got together to discuss…
Sound and Fury
Things have been a bit lax around here with comprehensive exams highjacking all my time and energy. With the written component of those…
The (Super)Human Power of Forgiveness…and a New Website
A new interreligious website recently launched called Patheos. It’s a much needed concept that offers different religious perspectives on pressing issues. It has…
Star Trek: A Pop Theology Conversation
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past week or so, you’ve heard about the wild popularity of the new Star…
Is This Real Life…
I have to admit, I loved Jean-Claude Van Damme films when I was a kid. Although I haven’t seen one in a while,…