A Poppy God?

For the past 8 days I have been in an intensive class with Dr. Craig Detweiler and his reflections over the relationships between pop culture and theology. We ahve covered celebrity, advertising, music, film, and tv, fashion, and sports are still to come. With the outstanding amount of time that we, as Americans, spend swimming in popular culture, this subject is growing in importance. I have added some of the highlights of the class.



-Nieburs categories of how the church hsa dealt with culture
-Avoidance
-Christ vs. Culture
-Caution
-Christ and culture in paradox
-Dialogue
-Christ transforms culture
-Appropriation
-Christ of Culture
-Divine Encounter
-Christ above Culture



-Leonard Sweet and the four options of changing church in a post-modern culture.
-Preserving the church. (Orthodox)
-Same message, new methods. (Mosaic)
-Changing the message and preserving the methods. (Episcopal)
-Change method and message. (McLaren)



Sufjan Stevens (Music)


Donnie Darcko (Film)


Apple (Advertising)


Rosie vs. Elizabeth


Christianity Today's Movie of the Year


Dancer in the Dark (Bjork)