James K. A. Smith

Symposium: The Politics of Discipleship – Part 3

Here we present the final installment in our little symposium on Graham Ward’s Politics of Discipleship–replaying a discussion of the book that took place at the American Academy of Religion last November.  Today we post Graham Ward’s response to Ron Kuipers and Luke Bretherton.  Ward, as readers no doubt know, is Professor of Contextual Theology […]

M. Leary

Top Ten Films of 1909

McSweeney’s has posted the definitive list. Including: Horse Running for 30 Seconds and Theodore Roosevelt Shakes the Hands of Many

Jason Morehead

The Film Noir Roots of "Cowboy Bebop"

PopMatters explores some of the themes lurking in of my favorite anime series: The animated series Cowboy Bebop is a blend of classic film noir motifs mixed into a futuristic setting that reverses the roles of gender and character. Consisting of a concise 26 episodes and one movie that doesn’t drag out the story, the […]

M. Leary

Favorite Films from 2009

We can now say with Heisenberg certainty that the Coen brothers tried to be serious filmmakers.

James K. A. Smith

Interview: “God is Dead” and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself

Hands down, my favorite book title of this year is the new volume from the folks at The Other Journal ‘God is Dead’ and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself: Theological Engagements with the New Atheism, edited by Andrew David, Chris Keller, and Jon Stanley (Wipf & Stock, 2010).  (The publisher has generously offered a […]