Culture Watch

Jeannie Choi 12-01-2009
Serving the community of LaSalle Street Church in Chicago.
Edwidge Danticat 11-01-2009
Can an author save her parents though her books?
Van Jensen 11-01-2009
Graphic novels tackle the tough issues of our times.
Molly Marsh 11-01-2009
Science and religion books explore the "seen and the unseen."
Bryan Cones 11-01-2009
Check out these resources on worship and liturgy.
Danny Duncan Collum 11-01-2009
Creating a better world first requires an act of imagination.
Vacation Bible Schools isn't nearly as bad as, say, the Inquisition.
David Hilfiker 9-01-2009
The Bridge at the End of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability, by James Gustave Speth. Yale University Press.
Kaitlin Barker 9-01-2009

The Stoning of Soraya M., written and directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. Mpower Pictures.

Bob Smietana 9-01-2009
A theological variety show mixes humor, music, and cultural analysis.
Molly Marsh 9-01-2009
Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of Our Daily Choices, by Julie Clawson; The Fray, by The Fray; Learning to Sing in a Strange Land, by Wesley Stevens; and Grace Notes: Daily Readings with a Fellow Pilgrim, by Philip Yancey.
Gareth Higgins 9-01-2009

WE’RE IN A national emergency, and it’s not swine flu.

Two multimedia projects see Africa as the planet's musical heart and soul.
Marilyn McEntyre 8-01-2009
Review: Boundless Faith: The Global Outreach of American Churches, by Robert Wuthnow. University of California Press.
Gareth Higgins 8-01-2009

THE UNITED STATES as envisaged in cinema is often a fight club, a place where there are three kinds of people—the thieves who milk the system, the cops who try to catch them, and the rest of

Smart people concocted a fantasy empire based on investing in other people’s debt.

Becky Garrison 8-01-2009

Israeli filmmaker Simone Bitton on Rachel Corrie.

Elizabeth Palmberg 8-01-2009

Bio: Founder and CEO, Northern California Urban Development (www.norcaludc.org)
Blog: norcalurban.blogspot.com

 

Laurel Frodge 7-01-2009
American Violet, directed by Tim Disney. Uncommon Productions.
Rosalie Riegle 7-01-2009
Contesting Patriotism: Culture, Power, and Strategy in the Peace Movement, by Lynne M. Woehrle, Patrick G. Coy, and Gregory M. Maney. Rowman & Littlefield.