Articles in the General Culture Category
Posted in General Culture on 19 August 2008
David Dunham attempts to put art in its place.
Posted in General Culture on 12 August 2008
Ben Bartlett relieves the depression and gives us a reason to get out of bed in the morning.
Posted in General Culture on 11 August 2008
Ben Bartlett gives us 5 reasons he’d rather not work.
Enter Into the Great and Disturbing SilencePosted 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.
Posted in General Culture, Literature on 26 June 2008
David Dunham invites you to turn off the television and… well, you know.
Posted in General Culture on 20 June 2008
Alan Noble on why it’s not best to just grin and bear it.
Posted in General Culture on 11 June 2008
David Dunham explores whether a tendency to partake in and enjoy popular culture is sin.
Posted in General Culture on 9 June 2008
Think you’ve got what it takes to write for Christ and 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.*
