Tag: Popular culture

The Church’s presence on the internet is varied and growing. Church-on-the-net is a new internet church site that targets people who not in the Church

I hear what you’re saying but, with all due respect, it’s not exactly rocket science. Basically, at the end of the day, the fact of the matter is you have got to be able to tick all the boxes. It’s not the end of the world, but, to be perfectly honest with you, when push comes to shove, you don’t want to be literally stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The Washington Post Religion page has a long article discussing the various Christian themes found in the Harry Potter books by JK Rowling: “By the

An emerging fixture in American teen culture are social networking sites such as Face Book and MySpace, but as Caitlin Flanagan explains, there is a dark side to these sites that parents and educators must address

Prime Minister Tony Blair and Parliament weigh in on the use of scenes in Manchester Cathedral in Sony’s new video game, Resistance: Fall of Man.

Teens in America are in touch with their peers on average 65 hours a week, compared to about four hours a week in …

Is it ethical to digitally scan a private space open to the public and then use it to make a video game or a movie without the permission of the owners? Especially when the use of those images is antithetical to the mission and values of the owners, in this case the church? And how should the church react when popular culture uses, comments or intrudes on the church’s sacred spaces?

Friday Night Lights, beloved of this blog, its predecessor and the redoubtable Katie Sherrod, has been nominated for five Television Critics Association Awards, including program

“We’re not going to throw anybody out. But if a woman came in with a completely see-through top on, one of the ushers at the door would say, ‘You really need to cover those things up,’ ” said Rabbi Robert Rhodes.

St. Paul used to request women cover their heads in church in order to avoid distraction, Fr. Swift said.

“The only way women were to draw attention to themselves in biblical times was to show off their hair because their dress was modest. So St. Paul cut them off at the pass there.”