Culture Watch
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
After 25 years missing and presumed dead, the Western movie genre has enjoyed an amazing resurrection in the past few years.
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.
These are difficult days for those who argue that America is a homogenous culture built on European-Christian principles.
In 1936, Charlie Chaplin made one of the very last silent films, Modern Times.
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.
Battles over culture will, for the near future, become increasingly central to political debate in this country.