Veggie Tales has been called "the biggest pop culture phenomenon you've never heard of." That may be an exaggeration. There are probably even bigger ones you've never heard of, but then I've never heard of them either, so I can't tell you about them.
Phil Vischer is a man who usually lets his vegetables do the talking for him. But recently Vischer talked about his new movie, "Jonah," why Christians aren't funny and why PG movies might be better for your kids.
The churches of the Romanesque era were the fruits of a thoroughly Catholic culture. Not only did they serve as places of worship and devotion, but also as centers of the community.
July 9, 2002 marked another milestone in the much wished-for moral transformation of Hollywood. That is the date of the home video release of the popular family-friendly film, A Walk to Remember, based on the novel of the same name by Catholic author, Nicholas Sparks.
No wonder Anakin Skywalker seems so confused. Every time the Jedi apprentice turns around, a spiritual master tells him to trust his feelings, search his feelings or follow his feelings. Trouble is, the young super-warrior in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones is a tornado of feelings. He feels love. He feels hate, ambition, desire, frustration, fear and fury.
In the midst of the scandals that have broken in the United States, Spiderman has a timely message; with authority and power come responsibility. From those to whom much has been given, it is written, much will be expected and not just by anguished laity, outraged media and determined attorneys general.
Summertime generally means more time to spend hanging out with family and friends. Heres a list of recent films now available on video or DVD that parents and kids can enjoy together and perhaps find what Joseph Conrad called that measure of truth for which they had forgotten to ask.
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, regarded the restoration of the West as both a spiritual and a political duty. He set about to revive the traditions of ancient Rome in light of the universal call to recognize Christ as the center of the new emerging culture. This, the beginning of the first great Renaissance in Christendom, found expression in architecture.
Christians continue to make headway as cultural influencers in Hollywood and consequently the world. That's true because more Hollywood executives are recognizing that morally true and uplifting television shows and motion pictures consistently rise to the top of the revenue pile.
Professor of philosophy, Thomas Hibbs brings his expertise in Medieval thought and contemporary ethics to bear on questions of popular culture.
