This might be the most self-serving post yet, but I couldn’t help sharing that Pop Theology got tagged by our friend Tripp in the thinking blogger meme. Thankfully, I am forced to list 5 other sites that make me think. Check these sites out of you get the chance. They are well worth the visit. [...]

Visit the link below to read Dr. Bill Leonard’s commencement address to the 2007 graduating class at the Wake Forest University Divinity School.  In it, he adresses Christopher Hitchens’ new book, God is not Good, How Religion Poisons Everything, among others, as required reading for any would-be ministers. And As You are Going….

I recently worked on a project on the resurgence of religious cinema in the United States and linked it to the religious responses to early American cinema that focused on “moral uplift” and the educational and spiritual benefits of the cinema. After briefly tracing this history, I examined five recent films that fit what I [...]

Don Imus is long gone for the moment for his, in part, racist comments. I wonder if Rush is on the hot seat for his spoof, “Barack, the Magic Negro.” Somehow I doubt it. Here’s a link to an interesting correspondence between a friend of mine and a Barnes & Noble representative whose company sponsors [...]

No, this is not an oxymoron. Dr. J. Matthew Sleeth gave a lecture at the Graduate Theological Union last night on how evangelicals are working with environmentalists to reverse global warming. Sleeth, a former emergency room doctor and star of the global warming documentary The Great Warming recently published an acclaimed book entitled Serve God, [...]

Here’s an interesting article on a media conference coming up this week in California that further highlights the growing attention to religion and popular culture. Mining for Opportunity in the New Hollywood

In light of all the racist/sexist controversy swirling throughout the sports world over the past two weeks, it is even more important to pause and remember and celebrate a life extraordinarily lived. Jackie Robinson’s life is not only an inspiration, but more importantly, a challenge. Follow the link for more… Happy Jackie Robinson Day.

Of course, this may be a tad bit late, but I don’t know what kind of pop-theology website this would be if I failed to address two bits of heated controversy in the sports world over the past two weeks. The first obviously has to do with radio talk show personality Don Imus and his [...]

Oprah has made her newest selection for her book club. You can read the details here: Oprah’s latest book pick: gloomy ‘The Road.’ This is one of the greatest books that I have ever read and certainly one of last year’s best. I felt the same way about McCarthy’s ‘No Country for Old Men’ when [...]