Culture Watch

Danny Duncan Collum 11-01-2001

‘‘The [Harry Potter computer] game will feature a series of challenges, all inspired by the original book's storyline..."

Teresa Blythe 11-01-2001

Although a "show about nothing" may seem to offer us little to ponder theologically, we need only look at the Jewish tradition of seeking wisdom to see connections to Seinfeld.

Joe Roos 11-01-2001

Christopher Hitchens, in this illuminating assessment of Henry Kissinger's war crimes, reports on a filmed 1998 interview with Michael Korda, senior editor of Simon and Schuster. 

The Editors 11-01-2001

Four culture recommendations from our editors

The Simpsons' love-hate relationship with religion.
Julienne Gage 9-01-2001

Bread and Roses, the latest from British director Ken Loach, portrays with incredible precision the reality of the modern immigrant experience in industrialized nations.

Larry Bellinger 9-01-2001

Cornel West is nothing if not prolific.

Molly Marsh 9-01-2001

Jews and Christians is a great example of how magnificent television can be.

Rose Marie Berger 9-01-2001

Do you remember what Dr. Arroway (Jodie Foster) said, in the movie Contact, when she was launched by The Pod into humanity's first meeting with non-Earthlings? 

Ched Myers 9-01-2001

An author, biblical scholar, and itinerant teacher tells what sounds, sights, and words he's enjoying these days.

How does one approach the task of writing about a continent as diverse as Africa, filled with extremes of poverty and beauty, suffering and hope?

Bob Massey 9-01-2001

The first thing one notices about the handsome young man in the jacket photo is his two full sleeves of tattoos.

Rock has done the most to break down social conventions and cultural norms. So where are the gay rock stars?
William O'Brien 7-01-2001

One of the most urgent issues for faith communities during the 1980s was the contra war in Nicaragua.

Chris Byrd 7-01-2001
It's easy to defend the death penalty in the abstract, but much more difficult when you have to participate in death.
David Whettstone 7-01-2001

Jesus on the cross is best viewed as what that event concretely was, an imperial execution," says Mark Lewis Taylor in The Executed God.