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Theology, Religion, and Twin Peaks with Dr. Trevor Babcock, Dana Abu Dbay, Joel Santos, Dr. Zachary Sheldon, and Andrew Waller (Podcast)
Read more: Theology, Religion, and Twin Peaks with Dr. Trevor Babcock, Dana Abu Dbay, Joel Santos, Dr. Zachary Sheldon, and Andrew Waller (Podcast)In this episode, Dr. John Anthony Dunne and Dr. Kris Song of The Two Cities team introduce their new book for the pop culture and theology series published by Bloomsbury on the TV show, Twin Peaks. The volume is called Theology, Religion, and Twin Peaks (w/ Bloomsbury). In the episode, we’re joined by five of…
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Debriefing Stranger Things Season 5 with Rev. Dr. Andy Byers (Podcast)
Read more: Debriefing Stranger Things Season 5 with Rev. Dr. Andy Byers (Podcast)In this episode, we debrief Stranger Things Season 5 with Rev. Dr. Andy Byers, who is Tutor in New Testament at Ridley Hall of the University of Cambridge and the co-editor (with Adam J. Powell) of the volume, Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things: Studies from the Upside Down on Evil, Ethics, Horror, and Hope (published…
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Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things with Dr. Andy Byers, Dr. Adam Powell, Dr. Siobhán Jolley, Dr. Brandon Grafius, and Dr. Jana Riess (Podcast)
Read more: Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things with Dr. Andy Byers, Dr. Adam Powell, Dr. Siobhán Jolley, Dr. Brandon Grafius, and Dr. Jana Riess (Podcast)In this episode we’re talking about the new volume on Religion, Theology, and Stranger Things: Studies from the Upside Down on Evil, Ethics, Horror, and Hope (Rowman & Littlefield). We’re joined by the editors Dr. Andy Byers (lecturer in New Testament at Ridley Hall in the Cambridge Theological Federation) and Dr. Adam Powell (lecturer in…
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Theology and Black Mirror: Part One with Dr. Megan Fritts, Dr. Rebekah Lamb, Dr. Joanna Leidenhag, and Dr. King-Ho Leung (Podcast)
Read more: Theology and Black Mirror: Part One with Dr. Megan Fritts, Dr. Rebekah Lamb, Dr. Joanna Leidenhag, and Dr. King-Ho Leung (Podcast)In this episode we’re talking about the new book, Theology and Black Mirror (published by Lexington and Fortress Academic—imprints of Rowman & Littlefield), that was edited by team members from The Two Cities podcast, Dr. Amber Bowen and Dr. John Anthony Dunne. Joining us for this conversation on our favorite technological dystopian show on Netflix…
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Asian-American Representation in Film with Abel Vang (Podcast)
Read more: Asian-American Representation in Film with Abel Vang (Podcast)In this episode we discuss Asian-American Representation in Film with Abel Vang. Abel Vang is an awarded independent film producer, director, writer, and Assistant Professor of Entertainment Producing at Biola University. Some of his major film credits include: What Lies Below, Bedeviled, and the forthcoming, They Live In The Grey. Over the course of the…
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Art & Film with Dr. Kutter Callaway (Podcast)
Read more: Art & Film with Dr. Kutter Callaway (Podcast)Concluding our Art & Culture series with our fifth and final episode, we turn to discuss the artistic nature of film with Dr. Kutter Callaway, who is Associate Professor of Theology and the co-director of Reel Spirituality at Fuller Seminary. With the 93rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony (“the Oscars”) just around the corner, we discuss…
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Jaws is the Most Relevant 4th of July Film To Watch This Weekend
Read more: Jaws is the Most Relevant 4th of July Film To Watch This WeekendDuring much of quarantine I was helping to co-run an “Equipping Hour” class at my church (our version of Adult Sunday School). The class was called “The Gospel According to Oscar,” which I co-led with my good friend J. D. O’Brien, a filmmaker, documentarian, and videographer (check out his documentary about homelessness in Minneapolis called…
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Support Indie Filmmaking: “After the Gunflint”
Read more: Support Indie Filmmaking: “After the Gunflint”What is it about films like The Revenant and 127 Hours that grips us so much? One of my buddies (J. D. O’Brien) out here in the Twin Cities is a local filmmaker. His first major film was a documentary called Out in the Cold, which you can check out on Amazon Prime. Out in the Cold looks…
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Coco
Read more: CocoCoco was probably one of the best films I’ve seen this year. The animations and cinematics were just mind-blowing. If I remember correctly, a special sneak peek at Disney California Adventure mentioned that there were more than 8 billion lights used in the Land of the Dead scene–CRAZY. Also, I grew up with folks that…
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The Gospel on Screen in 2015
Read more: The Gospel on Screen in 20152015 was a strange year for the world. Historic court decisions in the US, riots and political uprisings throughout the world, Wars, terrorism, political civil wars, and terrible tragedies. It seems that the world as we know is crumbling around us. The new year didn’t bring anything that new, but simply a pause to our…