The Importance of “Thinginess” (Why Do High Churches Get All the Good Artists Pt 5)

The following is part of a series on American evangelicals, considering why American Christian artists who produce high quality work tend to Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox or other high church denominations. In a previous post, I argued that evangelical culture is essentially suburban, and averageness tends to be a central feature in suburban cultures. A related problem …

God in Nature (God in Film Pt 8)

This blog series started by arguing writers may not be able to show divine encounters in a movie without it seeming cheesy. One way to get around this is show God or angels but focus the film on our inability to fully understand him. We can talk about how strange or even funny holy beings seem …