More Nominations…

Feb 05, 2008 No Comments

Rumor has it the writers’ strike will end later this week. Apparently, the big issues have all been settled and small details will be ironed out before week’s end. This bodes well not only for fans of shows like Lost and The Office, but for Oscar fans as well, seeing as the Academy Awards show [...]

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Film and Religion: A Review

Feb 04, 2008 No Comments

A new book has made an exciting contribution to the on-going study of the relationship between film and religion. Film and Religion: An Introduction by Paul V. M. Flesher and Robert Torry is an example of the kind of serious “religious critique” of films that must take precedence in this field if it is to [...]

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Super Sunday

Feb 03, 2008 No Comments

Happy Super Sunday! Super Bowl Sunday is the high holy day of American Civil Religion, bordering on holiday status. I often joke that if I were elected president, I would make the Monday following the Super Bowl a national holiday. Want to write me in? Theologians and scholars of religion have paid increasing attention to [...]

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Shame Ain’t Worth It…

Feb 03, 2008 1 Comment

I have wanted to write about the HBO crime drama series, The Wire, for quite some time now. However, I have been unable to focus on any single point of spiritual entry into a series with such an unimaginable wealth of rich characters and complex scenarios on which to reflect. I also find it difficult [...]

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This I Know…

Jan 29, 2008 No Comments

Of course, I knew I would back track on my list of 2007′s most spiritually significant films and inevitably watch a film on DVD that I missed in theaters that should have made the cut. Like Michael Moore’s Sicko, but for the religious set, Daniel Karslake’s documentary, For the Bible Tells Me So, deals with [...]

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2007′s Top 10 Spiritually Significant Films…

Jan 26, 2008 1 Comment

An Oscar list this is not. There are enough of those floating around magazines and the internet. Below is Pop Theology’s Top 10 Spiritually Significant Films of 2007 with a brief description of why each film made the cut. Feel free to praise, berate, or shrug.

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One Reader’s Top 20…

Jan 24, 2008 No Comments

Faithful Pop Theology reader and movie guru, Ernest Myers, recently created his top 20 (well Top 20 1/2) movie list for 2007. I love how awards season sparks these conversations! I may not necessarily agree with his order, but he certainly has great things to say about each of these films. From 20 (and 1/2) [...]

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It’s That Time of Year Again…Maybe…

Jan 22, 2008 No Comments

The Oscar Nominees have been announced, even though the awards show hangs in the balance. Hopefully your favorite movies and performances made the cut. If not, always remember these are bogus anyway. They totally missed Zodiac and left Eddie Vedder out of Best Original Song, giving three nominations to Enchanted, a bit much I think. [...]

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Facing Controversy…

Jan 22, 2008 No Comments

In my research on the resurgence of contemporary religious cinema in the United States, one film stands out among all the rest. Facing the Giants is an interesting case study not because it is some remarkable film and vastly better than other films like The Nativity Story, One Night With the King, etc. In fact, [...]

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Takin’ It To the Streets…

Jan 22, 2008 No Comments

Talk about the relationship between religion, film, and pop culture. Two Welsh brothers have taken it one step further. Follow the link for more. Brothers set up Jedi ‘church’ Apparently, they have a website as well: www.jedichurch.com.

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