Articles Archive for June 2008

Enter Into the Great and Disturbing Silence Enter Into the Great and Disturbing Silence
Posted in Film, General Culture on 30 June 2008

A documentary about monks challenges Bill Reichart to sit down and shut up every once and a while. Now, Bill challenges us to do the same.

A CAPC Dialogue: Violence in Blood Meridian
Posted in Literature on 27 June 2008

In the first installment of a CAPC dialogue, Alan Noble and Carissa Smith discuss whether or not the violence in Blood Meridian is good or helpful.

Do Hard Things…Like Read a Book!
Posted in General Culture, Literature on 26 June 2008

David Dunham invites you to turn off the television and… well, you know.

TGFF: Thank God for “Friday Night Lights”
Posted in Television on 25 June 2008

Ben Bartlett cautiously embraces the popular television series.

Get Smart: Admit You’re Stupid
Posted in Film on 24 June 2008

Richard Clark tries to figure out what it was he loved about Get Smart when he was a kid and finds a little bit of insight from the film.

In “The Savages,” Death is Savage
Posted in Film on 23 June 2008

Bill Reichart shows death to be what it is.

But It’s About Christ!: Why it is Important to be a Critical Christian
Posted in General Culture on 20 June 2008

Alan Noble on why it’s not best to just grin and bear it.

Why Christian Hip Hop Is Not a Failure
Posted in Music on 19 June 2008

In Christ and Pop Culture’s first guest post, Kiel Hauck explains why Christian hip hop succeeds in all the ways that matter.

Podcast #28: Christianity Today, Boundless, Sex, and the City
Posted in Film, Podcast on 18 June 2008

Richard Clark and Ben Bartlett discuss the Sex and the City backlash.

Motion Picture Messages
Posted in Film on 17 June 2008

David Dunham explores five ways movies can put forth a moral or spiritual message.

The Dangers of Video Games
Posted in Games on 12 June 2008

Richard Clark picks up his Wii Zapper and takes aim at a giant target that takes up the whole screen.

Is this Web Site in Sin?
Posted in General Culture on 11 June 2008

David Dunham explores whether a tendency to partake in and enjoy popular culture is sin.

So Brave, Young, and Handsome (No, this post is not about CAPC writers)
Posted in Literature on 10 June 2008

What would happen if you took a copy of Les Miserables and highlighted the bits about Jean Valjean, that illustration of grace and mercy, and Javert, relentless man of the law, and left out all that other stuff about student revolutions and orphaned waifs and the never-ending Battle of Waterloo? Okay, yeah, you would get The Fugitive. But add in trains, carnivals, cowboys, and the dying dream of the Old West, and you’ve got Leif Enger’s So Brave, Young, and Handsome, a distinctly American tale of redemption.

Another Open Call
Posted in General Culture on 9 June 2008

Think you’ve got what it takes to write for Christ and Pop Culture?

Podcast #27: I Am [Not Using That Stupid] Iron Man [Cliche]
Posted in Film, Podcast on 4 June 2008

The hype has calmed down a bit for Iron Man, one of the most wildly successful movies of the summer so far, which makes this a perfect time to sit back and have an in-depth discussion about what many assume to be a morally neutral action film. Is it? Or is it something more? Listen as Ben and Rich discuss that, plus our top 5 Sci-Fi Elements.

Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture
Posted in General Culture, Literature on 2 June 2008

Daniel Radosh, New Yorker contributor and self-described Humanistic Jew, delves into the strange, sometimes cheesy, sometimes transcendent world of Christian pop culture in his new book Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture. The array of topics he covers is itself stunning: Testamints, “Friends don’t let friends go to hell” T-shirts, the Holy Land Experience theme park, The Great Passion Play, BibleZines, Left Behind, Frank Peretti, Bibleman (evangelicaldom’s caped crusader), Stephen Baldwin, the Cornerstone Festival, purity balls, creationist museums, Christian comedy, Christian skateboarding, Christian raves, and Christian pro wrestling.*