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June 2012

June 06, 2012
I fancy myself a bit of a gamer. Here on our world tour, I've allowed...
June 05, 2012
A fuller engagement with media (film, music, novels, etc.) requires not only an active imagination...
June 04, 2012
Richard here. There comes a point--maybe it’s after studying a bunch of obscure films for...

May 2012

May 26, 2012
Richard here. After six years of developing and submitting (and re-submitting, and re-submitting) a paper...
May 18, 2012
Richard here. In the spirit of going ahead and writing about things even though they’ve...
May 18, 2012
Traveling throughout Southeast Asia, my wife Amy and I have seen labor exploitation up close....
May 09, 2012
The more vivid your memories of the '80s, the more you'll love Ernest Cline's Ready...
May 03, 2012
In a recent movie post over at Deadspin, Tim Grierson and Will Leitch posted about...

April 2012

April 28, 2012
Richard here. Bully is a raw and disturbing documentary about harassment in schools--a long overdue...
April 26, 2012
Joss Whedon's latest film, The Cabin in the Woods, directed by and co-written with Drew...
April 20, 2012
Richard here. Adding some more wisdom culled from the notes of my dissertation, here's the...
April 19, 2012
With The Magician King, his sequel to The Magicians, Lev Grossman has provided yet another...
April 07, 2012
One of the great things about teaching a class on pop culture and religion is...
April 07, 2012
There are few filmmakers that I get as excited about for new productions like I...

March 2012

March 29, 2012
Richard here. PopTheology.com benefits from the fruits of my dissertation labor. Not everything could have...
March 28, 2012
As a fan of (post)apocalyptic narratives, I'm surprised it took me so long to find...
March 26, 2012
If you're reading this, then you probably contributed to The Hunger Games' wild success at...
March 23, 2012
Unless you're just a raging bibliophile, I imagine it's almost impossible to complete The Hunger...
March 18, 2012
Richard here with my first post-dissertation post. GCB is the warped new soap/comedy on ABC,...
March 16, 2012
A rather simple definition of myth is either an explanation of being (how and why...
March 09, 2012
It's a good thing for American filmmakers nominated for Best Picture this year that the...
March 05, 2012
If, like me, you believe that the Dude abides, then you'll immediately recognize the quote...
March 02, 2012
My good friend Andrew Daugherty, Minister of Faith Formation at Myers Park Baptist Church in...

February 2012

February 29, 2012
In a recent bracket of favorite Jesus movies over at The Huffington Post, the final...
February 22, 2012
Richard Lindsay with a few thoughts on The Help's Oscar campaign and the work of...
February 15, 2012
Like all great films, Jeff Nichols' latest film, Take Shelter, speaks to the times in...
February 10, 2012
Few contemporary scholars are offering up work that is as interdisciplinary, informative, and entertaining as...
February 06, 2012
In one of his recent film articles for the Baptist Press, Phil Boatwright bemoaned the...
February 03, 2012
Ryan here. In a couple of weeks, I'll be departing on a world tour of...

January 2012

January 26, 2012
The "liberalism" of Hollywood has long been a point of discussion for cultural critics, film...
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