Culture Watch

Arthur P. Boers 5-01-1994
Biblical stories as movie scripts.
Bob Hulteen 5-01-1994

Debate over the relative merit of different Bible translations is so commonplace it is normally ignored but by a very few. Recently, however, ecclesiastic, and even secular, attention has been c

Julie Polter 5-01-1994
The practical theology of home.

After 25 years missing and presumed dead, the Western movie genre has enjoyed an amazing resurrection in the past few years.

Mozart's music in God's service.

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Patrick G. Coy 4-01-1994
A history of organizing against militarism and sexism.
Calvin Morris 4-01-1994
Sankofa's truth will set you free.
Thad Williamson 4-01-1994
Bob Dylan's bid to introduce past and present.
Karen Lattea 4-01-1994
Carrie Newcomer on faith, folk and fun.
Bob Hulteen 4-01-1994

Good movies are often not easy to watch for progressive Christian-types. In films of lesser quality, the action and violence is an end in itself rather than a vehicle to drive the drama.

Bob Hulteen 2-01-1994

These are difficult days for those who argue that America is a homogenous culture built on European-Christian principles.

Pamela J. Rowen 2-01-1994
Churches as religious corporations
Jualynne E. Dodson 2-01-1994
Paul Washington and the challenge to growth.
Kathryn Collmer 2-01-1994
Wendell Berry is thinking locally.

In 1936, Charlie Chaplin made one of the very last silent films, Modern Times.

Carla F. Levenson 2-01-1994
A neighborhood theater offers community action.

Alice Walker's Joy is truth-telling

Kari Jo Verhulst 1-01-1994

Warrior Marks, the recently released Alice Walker-Pratibha Parmar collaboration, continues the exploration of female genital mutilation begun in Walker's Possessing the Secret of Joy.

Bob Hulteen 1-01-1994

Battles over culture will, for the near future, become increasingly central to political debate in this country.