Culture Watch

The Bulworth Factor

Danny Duncan Collum 11-01-1999

The 2000 presidential election promises to be the biggest fiasco since 1920, when monied interests foisted Warren G. Harding off upon a distracted public.

Aspire to Inspire

Jean Ann Ledwell O.S.U. 11-01-1999

Carlos Santana's Supernatural

In the Face of Brutality

Ray Kelleher 9-01-1999

Annie Dillard's unsentimental view of God in the world.

Do Something Pretty

Julie Polter 9-01-1999

Quirky, intelligent music from Belle and Sebastian.

What Does Jesus Want?

Don McCrabb 9-01-1999

The multi-faceted nature of ethics.

Fearless Curiosity

Kari Jo Verhulst 9-01-1999

The irreverent offerings of "This American Life.'

Irresistible Strozzi

Kelley E. Evans 9-01-1999

What makes this holy fool tick?

Glimpses of God Outside the Temple

Rose Marie Berger 9-01-1999

The spiritual vision of Vincent Van Gogh, Georgia O'Keefe, and Andy Warhol.

Will the Lights Go Out?

Carter Echols 9-01-1999

A Y2K reference for "just in case."

Raised by TV

Danny Duncan Collum 9-01-1999

By now the Littleton, Colorado high school massacre has become the cultural Rorschach test for the new millennium.

Is There Life After Capitalism?

Marvin Rees 7-01-1999

Beyond money as the measure.

Music of the Spirit

Tom Walsh 7-01-1999

David Wilcox's labor of love.

Combating Cynicism

Layne Mosler 7-01-1999

Sustaining the effort to create change.

Respectfully Disagreeing

Susan Hogan/Albach 7-01-1999

Scholars debate the meaning of Jesus

Finding god in Rwanda

Paul John Schadewald 7-01-1999

No easy answers in confronting evil.

Spiritual Improvisation

Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 7-01-1999

John Coltrane's quest for freedom.

Too Real to be Missed

Danny Duncan Collum 7-01-1999

Why Lucinda Williams Now? Maybe because it's time.

Mystic, Prophet, and Seeker

Larry Bellinger 7-01-1999

That Howard Thurman is not a household name is a situation that may soon change.

Crooked Little Faith

Kimberly Burge 5-01-1999

Writer Anne Lamott staggers toward Jesus.

Life is (Sad and) Beautiful

Danny Duncan Collum 5-01-1999

We walked into a plush four-screen cinema in the affluent suburbs of east Memphis and took our place in the ticket line.