Krump Theology: Street Kingdom, Faith, and America’s Best Dance Crew

May 23, 2011 2 Comments

The Rev. Dr. Angela Yarber, pastor of Wake Forest Baptist Church, GTU PhD grad, artist, and dancer extraordinaire, offers a Pop Theology first with her article on krump and theology. More (with videos) after the jump.

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Placing Products & Making Choices

May 20, 2011 No Comments

Tony Mills reviews Morgan Spurlock’s latest documentary and considers the ways in which product placement and the companies behind them have begun to make our choices for us. Check it out after the jump.

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There’s Beauty in those Messy Places

May 18, 2011 1 Comment

Ordinarily, when observing portraits, most of us might not think about the potentially transformative relationship that could take place between the artist and her subject. Unless instructed otherwise, we most likely dwell on aesthetic concerns, or, if the work is explicitly religious, then we might expand our approach to it accordingly. However, the potential for [...]

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BBC’s Being Human: Monsters in the Closet, Parts 2 & 3

May 11, 2011 1 Comment

Richard Lindsay undertakes the daunting task of reviewing the entire second and third seasons of BBC’s supernatural series, Being Human.

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Of Gods and Leadership

May 06, 2011 2 Comments

New Pop Theology contributor Tony Mills reviews Thor, the latest Marvel single-character blockbuster leading up to next year’s hero-studded team up movie, The Avengers. Check it out after the jump…if you don’t mind spoilers.

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Revenge on a Small (but Tragic) Scale

May 03, 2011 No Comments

Conversations about violence, justice, revenge, and healing have no doubt been taking place across social media, in workplaces, homes, and classrooms around the world over the past 48 hours. A recent under-the-radar indie film, Shotgun Stories, reminds us that violence, rather than ending violence, simply begets more of it.

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Witness a Bad Film…

Apr 26, 2011 1 Comment

Director Kevin Smith once said (in the documentary This Film is Not Yet Rated) that if he were in charge of the movie ratings system, he’d automatically give an R rating to any film that included violence against women. If this is his primary criteria, then Smith would most likely have rated the French horror [...]

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An Alien Theological Encounter

Apr 25, 2011 No Comments

New Pop Theology contributor Tony Mills reviews the recent Simon Pegg/Nick Frost comedy, Paul. Check it out after the jump.

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The Newest Pop Theology Member

Apr 20, 2011 3 Comments

It’s our pleasure to welcome new contributor Tony Mills to the Pop Theology team. Tony is a PhD graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary and, well, I’ll just let him tell you more about himself in the questionnaire after the jump. Welcome Tony! I know everyone’s going to enjoy your contributions.

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OF GODS AND MEN: Loving your Neighbor—when your Neighbor is Death

Apr 11, 2011 1 Comment

In his latest article, Richard Lindsay engages in something of a review/conversation of the new film Of Gods and Men with Mike Campos, a fellow, recent PhD grad at the Graduate Theological Union.

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