Humans have the proclivity to reduce things to their utilitarian function. Food is no exception. Nutritionism, a term coined by journalist Michael Pollan, is the ideology that food can be reduced to the value of its nutrients. Nutritionism, argues Stasi McAteer, is a simplistic and harmful paradigm. Food [...]
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What does the popularity of zombies tell us about American culture? How has the portrayal of zombies changed over the years? Can zombie movies help us better understand human nature and our relationship to God? Specifically, what can we learn from zombies about the body, the soul, and life after death?
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more...How can remixes help redeem their sources and thereby function as a fulfillment of the Christian’s cultural mandate? “Double intentions” are scattered throughout the pages of Scripture. Joseph’s brothers intended to harm him by selling him into slavery; God intended it for good (Gen. 50:20). In the New Testament, we are told that Herod, Pontius [...]
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What do happenings and flash mobs have to do with Old Testament prophets, Jesus and the sacraments? Apparently everything!
Dr. John McAteer, associate professor of philosophy at Houston Baptist University, believes that performance art serves as a fecund metaphor for making sense of the symbolic actions in Scripture and [...]
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