CAPC Podcast #78 – College, Tony Stewart, Everything Sucks
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Under New Management: Christ and Pop Culture’s Future
Some exciting and depressing changes are afoot at Christ and Pop Culture. Our Editor-in-Chief and the founder of Christ and Pop Culture, Richard Clark, is stepping aside and taking a position at...
View ArticleRolling Stone’s Failure Is a Reminder to Respect the Truth
When Sabrina Rubin Erdely set out to write “A Rape on Campus” — the sensational article that appeared in Rolling Stone’s November 2014 issue — she had an angle in mind. According to her notes from an...
View ArticleDispelling Work Haze and Vacation Daze: Life Rhythms of Faith
The following is the Letter from the Editor for Volume 3, Issue 9 of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine: “Dispelling Work Haze and Vacation Daze.” You can subscribe to Christ and Pop Culture Magazine by...
View ArticleLOL Interwebz: But Who Gawks at the Gawkers?
Every Thursday in LOL Interwebz, Luke T. Harrington explores the quirks and foibles of Internet culture from a Gospel perspective. I clicked on Gawker’s Condé Nast story before I had any idea it would...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Neil Gaiman On the Power of Books and Libraries
One of my favorite living fantasy writers is Neil Gaiman, creator of Sandman, Coraline, Neverwhere, American Gods, and countless others. His work crosses all types of media. In a recent speech now...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: iPads Are Proving Beneficial for Special Education Students
It’s easy to dismiss iPads as luxury gadgets for checking Facebook, watching Netflix, and playing Candy Crush. But as one Los Angeles educator has discovered, iPads are a huge help when teaching...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Not So Transparent after All—Press Freedoms Threatened
After the NSA scandal, the American public has become increasingly aware of a threat to First Amendment rights, a topic of concern potentially alarming for people of faith. Even journalists covering...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Reconfigurable Robots of the Future
Remember the liquid metal guy from Terminator 2 and how he could reconfigure himself into different shapes? A group of scientists at MIT are working on something similar. It’s not liquid metal, but...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: What Does Google Really Mean When It Says “Don’t Be Evil”?
On its face, Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” slogan seems like a refreshing change in the corporate world, a stance to do what is right and moral. However, recent actions by the company, including their...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Can You Relate to This Boy’s Bathroom Troubles?
Ever have one of those days where you practice no self-control when it comes to the food you eat? Sooner or later, you have to face up the the consequences of your eating habits. You’ll think to...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Should We Abandon the Culture Wars?
Is the Fallwell era of Christian political engagement over? Russell Moore, in the Wall Street Journal is the latest (and probably most prominent) in a movement of theologically conservative Christian...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Why Japan’s Young People Aren’t Having Sex
As Americans face a sex-saturated media and a prevalent “hook-up culture,” Japan has the opposite problem: their younger generation is increasingly uninterested in sex. It’s a fascinating perfect storm...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Confessions of a Drone Warrior
The United States’ use of military drones has not been without controversy, due in large part to the program’s secretive nature. However, this fascinating and disturbing GQ feature bypasses the...
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Whatever Happened to the University?
There are any number of uncertainties about the future of higher education in America. This month’s First Things in print and online includes some thoughtful observations from Reinhard Hütter,...
View Article#Instagrown: In an Age of Instantaneous Everything, What Happens to...
Adolescence is a matter of restlessness. It is a churning, writhing cesspool of desire. No, not that kind of desire – not entirely. Mostly, it is the recognition of this pull toward adulthood, the...
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‘Tearaway,’ Tolkien, and the Role of Sub-Creation
Warning: This article contains spoilers about the video game Tearaway. Tearaway I don’t think Media Molecule consciously attempted to make Tearaway (a paper-styled platform game for the PlayStation...
View ArticleHip Hop Out of Nothing: A Disenfranchised Community’s Word-Wrought Empowerment
It’s not uncommon to see web, tabloid, and newspaper images of Jay Z sitting courtside at a Brooklyn Nets game. He’s a mogul, a purveyor of “cool,” and a world-famous musician; he belongs there, he...
View ArticleOutside the Courtroom: How People, Not Merely Policy, Can End Abortion
The year 2013 was a banner year for pro-life legislative victories. Twenty-two states enacted 70 abortion restrictions, including three fetal pain laws and eight bans on medication abortion via...
View ArticleThe Power of Habit: Picking up Where Paul Left Off
People who are serious about Christian theology are usually not fans of books in the “self-help” genre. On the surface, the genre title itself goes against the grain of Christian teaching on personal...
View Article7 Things to Keep in Mind About Season 7, Episode 6 of Mad Men
Spoilers, of course. If you haven’t already, make sure to read our full episode recap, Searching for Family. I would be remiss to not note, in the ongoing game of mortality bingo, that “My Way” is...
View ArticleCall for Pitches: Pop Culture Cults
We’re currently looking for feature articles on the theme of pop culture cults for an upcoming issue of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine. We pay $50 for each magazine feature accepted and published....
View ArticleELSEWHERE: Rethinking Cotton Mather
Even Jonathan “Sinner in the Hands of an Angry God” Edwards gets more love than Cotton Mather, the third-generation American Puritan pastor and theologian often blamed for the Salem Witch Trials....
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 230 | J.J. Abram’s Star Wars Episode IX and Clint...
Its the end of an era as Wade and Kevin visit a galaxy far, far away to see the end of the Skywalker saga with J.J. Abram’s return to Star Wars with The Rise of Skywalker. Then the duo takes a short...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 243 | Lee Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine
The guys bid a sad but fond farewell to their South Korean movie marathon this week, closing with Lee Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine. In its story of a woman who turns to evangelical Christianity after...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 244 | 2020 Auteur Series – Christopher Nolan
With the South Korean marathon in the rearview mirror, Wade and Kevin look to the future: specifically, the new movies coming in 2020 from some big-name directors! With Christopher Nolan eking out a...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 245 | 2020 Auteur Series – Kelly Reichardt
Wade and Kevin continue their series on modern directors with upcoming new releases with a retrospective on the filmography of Kelly Reichardt. Reichardt is a powerhouse of indie filmmaking whose...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 246 | 2020 Auteur Series – David Fincher
The first rule of David Fincher movies: you always talk about David Fincher movies. The second rule of David Fincher movies: you always talk about David Fincher movies. In this week’s episode, Wade...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 247 | 2020 Auteur Series – Wes Anderson
Wade and Kevin wrap up their series of director retrospectives with a look at the work of America’s foremost purveyor of immaculately framed family dysfunction: Wes Anderson. The guys look ahead to...
View ArticleSeeing and Believing 248 | Josh Trank’s Capone
Fresh off their “2020 auteurs” series, Wade and Kevin get back to basics with a review of a freshly released film: Josh Trank’s biopic of Al Capone. Trank returns to small-budget indie filmmaking by...
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