THE GOD OF WILD PLACES: A Review
We’ve sequestered death, pushed it off to arm’s length. […] Hunting has changed that for me in a way that religion never did.…
Where Religion Meets Pop Culture
Where Religion Meets Pop Culture
We’ve sequestered death, pushed it off to arm’s length. […] Hunting has changed that for me in a way that religion never did.…
Let’s get this out of the way first: At the Drive-In were one of the most important bands in my life. They altered…
“We see a lot of war movies. We don’t really see a lot of movies about veterans,” said first time writer/director and Army…
For a generation of comedy fans, The Kids in the Hall gave us permission – not simply to laugh at life’s absurdities but…
The second season of Love Victor is now streaming on Hulu. In case you haven’t been camped out at your television during the…
In the latest episode of the Killer Serials podcast, Tony Jones and Ryan Parker discuss the finale of the HBOMax limited series, Beartown. They…
That’s right. One more week and The Golden Compass hits theaters, much to the chagrin of many Conservative Evangelicals. As you can tell,…
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about sports and religion lately and am working on an essay on the deification of the collegiate/professional…
With my last day and a half turning into something of a wash, the last session I attended was a Sunday morning panel…
Rounding out a long Saturday, I attended the Forum on Sports and Religion: Perspectives on the Pigskin, sponsored in part by Mercer University…
The second session I attended was also sponsored by the Religion, Media, and Culture Group and was entitled Sleeper Cell: Viewing Religion, Race,…
This year’s American Academy of Religion conference offered much in the way of religion and popular culture with session topics ranging from video…
The career path of a filmmaker or actor is often an interesting thing to track. The choices of what films to direct or…
It has been well over a year since I read the news that the Coen brothers would be filming Cormac McCarthy’s No Country…
Given the changes that Chris Weitz is making to the adaptation of Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass, the religious controversy surrounding the film’s…
In the latest episode of the Killer Serials podcast, Tony Jones and Ryan Parker discuss the finale of the HBOMax limited series, Beartown. They…
We’ve sequestered death, pushed it off to arm’s length. […] Hunting has changed that for me in a way that religion never did.…
It might sound like a weird question, but what comes first, perception or storytelling? The two are so intricately interwoven that by the…
Already vying for our favorite comic of the year, Judas (Boom! Studios), a four-issue series from writer Jeff Loveness and artist Jakub Rebelka. In it’s short…
Patrick Gray and Justin Skeesuck completed the Camino de Santiago in 2014. What set them apart from their fellow pilgrims is that Patrick…