Les Mis and the Doctrine of Atonement
Very rarely does one come away from a movie musical with a new understanding of a theological doctrine. But, surprisingly enough, for…
Mumford and Sons: Babel
Mumford and Sons are ready when you want to get serious. You can bop along to your bubble gum pop like “Call Me…
Playing Musical Catch Up
New Pop Theology contributor Steve Sudeth brings us up to speed on some of his favorite music releases thus far this year. Let…
A New Voice and a Pop Music Canon
This latest post is from Steve Sudeth, the newest Pop Theology contributor and a lecturer in religion, philosophy, and culture. Here, he talks…
The Quest for Contemporary Christian Music that doesn’t Suck
One of the great things about teaching a class on pop culture and religion is you can find out who’s good at writing…
The Greatest Superstar
A recent online poll by The Huffington Post found Jesus Christ Superstar to be the most popular Jesus film of all time.…
Lennon’s Twitterers #Fail to Give Peace a Chance
Richard Lindsay here: On New Years Eve, Cee-Lo Green made the mistake of crossing the aging hippy followers of John Lennon. The worst…
Sufjan Stevens Stretches Out
Richard Lindsay reviews Sufjan Stevens’ latest album, The Age of Adz, after the jump.
Gaga Does God’s Work
I’M BEAUTIFUL IN MY WAY ‘CAUSE GOD MAKES NO MISTAKES. Lady Gaga continues to spread her gospel of self-acceptance.