religion and entertainment

6 pop culture and religion clashes from 2023

By Richa Karmarkar — December 29, 2023
(RNS) — Remember when the pope became a fashion icon?

When the Good Place gets too good for comfort

By Cathleen Falsani — October 9, 2018
(RNS) — While the 'Forever' universe appears to be nontheistic or at least agnostic, there is a kind of secular dogma that runs through it. Think of it as a theology of comfort.

Netflix introduces televangelist shows

By Katherine Davis-Young — January 29, 2016
LOS ANGELES (RNS) Alongside “Orange Is the New Black” and “House of Cards,” Netflix now offers users another type of content: Christian sermons.

‘Dig’ unearths a possible messiah complex

By Kimberly Winston — April 2, 2015
(RNS) "He is coming." With those words, "Dig," the action-thriller fueled by biblical prophesy, dives deeper into Judaism in its fifth episode.
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