Did you know that the members of U2 are Christians and that they frequently explore issues of faith in their songs? Shocking, right? I know! A recent BuzzFeed piece got way too many views with the irritating title “11 Bands You Might Not Realize Are Christian.” Author Matthew Perpetua seems… [more]
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Star Trek’s elusive utopia
There really shouldn’t be this much strife in the Star Trek universe. From the early episodes, created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s, to Star Trek Into Darkness, the newest film in the franchise, the series has sold a world in which advanced technology, human intellect and a reliance on… [more]
The Christian virtue in Pain & Gain
Is there a more anti-American sentiment than contentment? The United States is not an easily satisfied nation. A hunger for more is built into its history, its economy and the majority of its movies. And so it came as a bit of a shock while watching Pain & Gain to… [more]
To the Wonder and Terrence Malick’s disappearing God
Elusive writer-director Terrence Malick has become something of a patron saint for cineastes who also happen to be Christians (yes, we’re out there). From Badlands, his 1973 debut, to 2011’s The Tree of Life, he’s produced increasingly spiritual and densely theological tone poems, ones whose pursuit of grace indicates a… [more]
What Spring Breakers says about youth formation
At first glance, Spring Breakers looks like the ultimate Girls Gone Wild video, taken up several notches. Four women college students long for the tropical carousing of a Florida spring break. But they find themselves short of cash. Driven to desperation, their courage bolstered by cocaine, three of them (leaving… [more]
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Neil Fix What we need to work towards is both a Christian music industry that is willing to take risks and a church that is more open to creativity, that will welcome artists at any stage of their journey with God.
Will we ever stop labeling bands Christian?
Robert Joustra Trek always played with the utopian western imaginary, which was profoundly subverted in the first reboot where the power of logic and modernity is - literally - swallowed in a black hole, with strong dystopian tones.
Star Trek's elusive utopia
Tristram S. For me the film was a wonderful affirmation of a love that is transitioning from something transient, to a love or belief based on something more real or lasting.
To the Wonder and Terrence Malick’s disappearing God
Abhishek Nair Pi's intentional retelling of his journey on the ocean is a point about our need for religion, myths, stories and role models than about the truth in those things themselves.
Life of Pi and religion as figgy pudding
Tristram S. The film is valuable as a parable showing why people believe...for many it is not just a crutch or opium, it is the very lens they see the world through and abandoning their belief is akin to stranding them out in the ocean with no guide or hope.
Life of Pi and religion as figgy pudding
Mike P There's all the difference in the world between strong disagreement and even condemnation and censorship.
Zero Dark Thirty and the value of ambiguity