Guest A. David Lewis speaks about the different ways religion appears in our comic books, from god-like superheroes to comics as religion.
Category: Pop Culture
Ep. 5 The Evil Inside Us, Religion in Horror Films
Why are we drawn to the malevolent and the evil? And….most curiously, what is evil? In this extra long Halloween episode, Sophie Day and Ashley explore religion in horror movies. They talk about the psychology of horror and the idea of the profane and the sacred. To facilitate they’re discussion, Ashley and Sophie watched The…
Ep. 2 Comic Book Religion
In this episode, Jeremy and Ashley explore the world of comic books and how they represent religion. Religion seeps into pop culture at every turn and can be found in comic books from Thor to Preacher. In this episode, Jeremy and Ashley explore how comic books wrestle with faith and spirituality. This episode looks at…
Ep. 1 “Religious” Movies for the Masses
In episode 1, Jeremy and Ashley challenge the category “religious film.” We discuss everything from the Ten Commandments…. To The Conjuring. #ReligionNerdMoment Ashley gets the bright idea for a zombie Jesus film from a casual walk home from work.