Joel Mayward

Joel Mayward (PhD, University of St Andrews) is Assistant Professor of Christian Ministries, Theology, and the Arts at George Fox University in Oregon. A pastor-theologian and a freelance film critic, he's the author of four books, including The Dardenne Brothers' Cinematic Parables. You can find him on Letterboxd and at cinemayward.com.

Four Principles Guiding Think Christian

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Conan O'Brien Must Go and Make Disciples

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Sufjan Stevens’ Piercing Javelin

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Conan O’Brien’s Stupid-Smart (and Spiritual?) Comedy

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The Prophetic Performance Art of Bo Burnham: Inside

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Exiled from Empire in Nomadland

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Daft Punk’s Robotic Anthropology of Love

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Pop Psalms: Talking Heads' “Once in a Lifetime”

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Sufjan Stevens and Postreligious Faith

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HAIM’s Spiritual Rhythms

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Aporia: Sufjan Stevens’ Coronavirus Soundtrack

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Miss Anthropocene: Grimes’ Pop Apocalypse

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Sack Lunch Bunch: Gallows Humor for Kids

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Fleabag’s Fourth-Wall Confessions

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Father of the Bride (of Christ?)

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The Alien Parables of Strange Planet

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The God’s Eye View of Minding the Gap

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Fyre and FOMO

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In Apostle, You Are What You Worship

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Disenchantment’s Luci: Our Latest Screen Demon

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Hints of Habakkuk in Chvrches’ Love Is Dead

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Netflix Clunkers and a Theology of Disappointment

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Sufjan Stevens and the Gift of Christmas Kitsch

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Columbus and the Architecture of Worship

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ABBA meets Amos on Arcade Fire’s Everything Now

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The Cosmic Glory of Sufjan Stevens' Planetarium

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Tasting Heaven in The Great British Baking Show

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The Suffocating Sadness of Manchester by the Sea

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Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, and Policing Public Grief

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