Archive for March, 2009

Encounters at the End of the World

Mar 27, 2009 No Comments by admin

What do gay penguins, artistic pseudo-intelligent single cell organisms, and the end of human life have in common?  Give up?  They are all topics up for discussion in Werner Herzog’s latest, brilliant documentary, Encounters at the End of the World.  Nominated for best documentary at this year’s Academy Awards (one of the strongest categories this [...]

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This Cross Was Made for Walking…

Mar 26, 2009 1 Comment by admin

Few people know his name, but people all over the world have seen him at some point in their life.  Arthur Blessitt has walked more than 38,000 miles carrying a cross over his shoulder and spreading the gospel of Jesus for over 30 years.  This Friday, The Cross, a documentary about his life and work [...]

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Frozen River

Mar 25, 2009 No Comments by admin

Pop Theology contributor Wendy Arce reviews last year’s independent hit, Frozen River.

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Let the Right One In

Mar 24, 2009 No Comments

Pop Theology contributor Wendy Arce reviews the Swedish vampire film, Let the Right One In.

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Just a Reminder…

Mar 23, 2009 No Comments

If you’re not watching Breaking Bad, you should be.  The second season is shaping up to be a masterpiece.  Check out the quote of the season from the most recent episode after the jump.

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Evangelical Media

Mar 23, 2009 No Comments

To understand the challenges that evangelical media and mainstream media pose to one another and the challenges that changing technologies pose to the evangelical community is to understand the nature of new media in a very real way.  In their book, Understanding Evangelical Media:  The Changing Face of Christian Communication, editors Quentin J. Schultze and [...]

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Slumdog: The Little Movie That Couldn’t

Mar 20, 2009 2 Comments

So not everyone loved Slumdog Millionaire.  It’s success has been bugging occasional Pop Theology contributor Daniel Skidmore.  He rants after the jump.

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Bohemian Invasions…

Mar 17, 2009 No Comments

This is always the perfect time of year to catch up on a backlog of DVDs.  With a relative dearth of theatrical releases just after the Oscars and frequent releases of Oscar-nominated films on DVD, there are often more worthwhile new DVD releases than theatrical releases.  Last week, three really good films released on DVD, [...]

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The Gloves Come Off: Philip Clayton and Tony Jones

Mar 15, 2009 1 Comment

Friday night, after the public forum at the Transforming Theology Conference, some participants and students stuck around for a theo-pub.  It didn’t take long for Philip Clayton and Tony Jones to get down to an intense debate over issues of emergence and emergents.  Check out the first half of the discussion posted here in [...]

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This Just In: Theologians Debate Social Media

Mar 13, 2009 1 Comment

So I am at the Transforming Theology Conference where forty of the best and brightest theologians have gathered to discuss transformative thought for progressive action.  The first panel of four theologians included Harvey Cox, Delwin Brown, Joseph Bracken, and Ignacio Castuera.  They each posed seven minute thoughts on the perils that we as a society [...]

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