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October 2012

October 24, 2012
The search for new old, classic horror/thriller films has already paid off this week. After...
October 18, 2012
It’s October so as much as possible I’m trying to (re)visit some classic horror and...
October 17, 2012
Even though he is not working from an explicitly religious or theological perspective, Stephen Prince's...
October 17, 2012
On August 30, I published a post about the history of public displays of the...
October 15, 2012
The willful suspension of disbelief. All sci-fi films demand it, and some even reward it....
October 10, 2012
Things around here at Pop Theology have been fairly quiet over the last few weeks....
October 01, 2012
Of course, I'm biased, but I think the newest theology and film book, Light Shining...

September 2012

September 18, 2012
A few weeks ago, I went to see the Colin Ferrell Total Recall remake (directed...
September 14, 2012
With the events in Libya over the past week and the anniversary of 9/11, it...
September 02, 2012
With every new election cycle, within some circles there's always talk about what the Bible...

August 2012

August 30, 2012
In 1958, Malcolm Boyd, an Episcopal priest and former Hollywood writer, soon to be known...
August 22, 2012
When I saw the previews for Warrior, I figured it wasn't for me, and so...
August 22, 2012
A friend sent me a "making-of" featurette for Beasts of the Southern Wild, the incredible...
August 19, 2012
New Pop Theology contributor Steve Sudeth brings us up to speed on some of his...
August 10, 2012
Originally written in 1978 and revised in 2000, Walter Brueggemann's The Prophetic Imagination is perhaps...
August 06, 2012
Out of the blue last week a friend loaned me a book on Kindle. I've...
August 04, 2012
In 1993 as a freshman at the University of Louisville, the gay community I took...
August 03, 2012
This latest post is from Steve Sudeth, the newest Pop Theology contributor and a lecturer...

July 2012

July 30, 2012
I've long been interested in teaching a class on humor and the "isms" (race, class,...
July 25, 2012
I've been an unapologetic fan of True Blood from the start. Hell, I even flew...
July 19, 2012
Every generation, by virtue of being born into a historical continuum is burdened by the...
July 18, 2012
I had seen much of the publicity for Mike Mills' Beginners and was aware of...
July 14, 2012
About 13 km south of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, you can visit Wat Rong...
July 04, 2012
In all my reading and research into film history, I came across a critique, can't...
July 03, 2012
I don't really know why we had a reboot of the Spider-Man franchise...oh wait, I...

June 2012

June 26, 2012
Ryan and Amy are finishing up a week in a Southeast Asian paradise with little...
June 26, 2012
In ongoing research for a book on violence, forgiveness, and reconciliation in film, I'm looking...
June 25, 2012
Catching up on a bit of film-watching and research, I recently watched Oliver Hirschbiegel's Five...
June 18, 2012
Maybe you’ve heard about it in the traditional media or stumbled on it on YouTube,...
June 07, 2012
I've been reading quite a bit lately about sin, violence, forgiveness and reconciliation for a...
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