Posts Tagged ‘Culture’
Fear of the Elements: Tsunamis, Typhoons, and Turner
Recent tsunami warnings in Hawaii brought to mind a powerful painting by JMW Turner. He was a good painter, but not gifted with pithy titles. Proof? This one’s named: ‘Slavers throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—typhon coming on.’ He didn’t misspell ‘typhoon’; that’s...
March 9th, 2010 | Art & Literature, Media | Read More The Funny, the Serious and the Social: A Reflection from the Leno/Conan Controversy
It’s been an odd couple of weeks in the news recently, with a number of articles and video segments frantically reporting on the Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno fiasco. “I’m with Coco” fans’ dreams for the future of The Tonight Show were laid to rest when NBC executives officially announced a little...
February 4th, 2010 | Media, Television | Read More Provision and Progress
Michael Pollan is a rising star in the world of food. His recent book, In Defense of Food, was reviewed on Evangelical Outpost not long ago, he appears in a film now in theaters, and in a soon-to-air PBS documentary. He’s garnered attention on speaking tours and in a variety of articles, including...
November 10th, 2009 | Creation Care, Culture, Media | Read More Desperate Housewives and Democracy
Desperate Housewives, about to enter its sixth season, is a Gothic television series about a set of women who are stuck in suburbia. Though none of them are “housewives” in any traditional sense, the show plays on the 1950s stereotype. The community within the show is strikingly insular:...
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Classics for the Contemporary Christian: Freud’s Non-Libidinal Rub March 15, 2010 00:03 -
33 Things: The Week’s Amusing and Intriguing Links March 12, 2010 00:03 -
The Suprising Spread of “Idol” TV in the Middle East- Lunch w/TED March 11, 2010 12:03 -
Is there really room for another Austen remake? You bet your Pride and Prejudice! March 10, 2010 02:03 -
What’s In a Name? That By Which We Call A Hero By Any Other Name Wouldst Act As…Villainous? Courageous? Cunning? March 10, 2010 01:03
- Robin,Meet the Sphinx:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr...
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- I am always amazed by how much I am not seeing when I l...
- I really wanted to like the Kate Beckinsale version (be...
- No lie, when I saw #15, I immediately thought of this:h...
- I Am God’s Beloved March 15, 2010Then Jesus arrived from Galilee at the Jordan coming to John, to be baptized by him. But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?” But Jesus answering said to him, “Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting [...] […]Greg Peters
- Notes from a Theology Flyover at 50,000 Feet March 14, 2010What if you could survey the entire scope of Christian doctrine at once: a brief enough summary to show the whole thing at a glance, but with enough detail to see the various parts and how they relate to each other? As a stand-alone experience, that wouldn’t be especially valuable: it would be too [...] […]Fred Sanders
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- Here's a quick and easy way to send your congressperson and the blue dogs a message - stop this healthcare bill: http://bit.ly/4BzAWV #EOHere's a quick and easy way to send your congressperson and the blue dogs a message - stop this healthcare bill: http://bit.ly/4BzAWV #EO […]DustinSteeve (Dustin Steeve)
- Another poll taken by libs about "global public opinion of the United States." Result: Bush did better: http://bit.ly/aynKGP #EOAnother poll taken by libs about "global public opinion of the United States." Result: Bush did better: http://bit.ly/aynKGP #EO […]DustinSteeve (Dustin Steeve)
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