religion and popular culture
Hollywood loves the Mormon afterlife
By Jana Riess — December 31, 2020
Stories like 'Soul,' 'Coco' and 'The Good Place' depict core Mormon ideas that are alive in the popular imagination about the afterlife—and the “before life.”
Tim Tebow makes the Christian movie he’s always wanted to see
By Heather Adams — February 20, 2019
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — 'Run the Race,' the story of two high school brothers trying to overcome their family's struggles, sticks close to the power of fraternal love, sports and the Almighty.
RNS Best of 2017: No other artist mixed religion and sex like Prince
By Kimberly Winston — December 27, 2017
(RNS) For Prince, who died in April 2016, 'every song was either a prayer or foreplay.'
No other artist mixed religion and sex like Prince
By Kimberly Winston — April 20, 2017
(RNS) For Prince, who died a year ago this Friday, 'every song was either a prayer or foreplay.'
In lyrics, Prince philosophized, theologized and just plain preached
By Kimberly Winston — April 20, 2017
(RNS) A sampling of Prince's more religious songs.
Author Emma Donoghue finds ‘The Wonder’ in fasting girls
By Kimberly Winston — October 28, 2016
(RNS) The newest novel by the best-selling author has a little-known bit of religious and social history at its heart.
Eight titles for summer ‘soulstice’ reading
By Kimberly Winston — June 14, 2016
(RNS) Here are eight books that add a little soul food to the usual light summer reading list.
‘Game of Thrones’ returns, and so do its religions
By Kimberly Winston — April 22, 2016
(RNS) Considering where some of "Game of Thrones" stories left off, religion may come further to the fore in the new season, which starts Sunday (April 24).
Long road for Reza Aslan’s ‘Of Kings and Prophets’ from Bible to TV
By Kimberly Winston — March 15, 2016
(RNS) It's time Hollywood treated Bible believers like adults, Aslan says.
‘Of Kings and Prophets’ like ‘Game of Thrones’ minus the dragons
By Kimberly Winston — March 4, 2016
(RNS) This ain’t no Sunday school Bible filmstrip, and that's the point, say creators of the series, which portrays events from the biblical book of 1 Samuel.
‘Risen’ movie raises old Hollywood trope — unbeliever meets Jesus
By Kimberly Winston — February 18, 2016
(RNS) We've seen this device before. Some critics call it "Christian comfort food."
There really is ‘something about Mary’
By Kimberly Winston — December 23, 2015
(RNS) Look around. The Virgin Mary is everywhere -- tattoos, roadside shrines, phone cases, even drawstring pants. The mother of Jesus, it seems, can be all things to all people.
Iconic ‘POPE’ cover moves magazines in Philadelphia
By Audrey Rose McManus — September 29, 2015
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) Philadelphia magazine crafts its own version of the Obama "Hope" poster to commemorate you-know-who's historic visit to the city.
The ‘Splainer: Don Draper’s good vibration
By Kimberly Winston — May 18, 2015
(RNS) Was the finale of AMC's "Mad Men" really a lesson of American religious history in disguise? Let us 'splain.
‘Halal in the Family’ bashes Muslim stereotypes with laughs
By Kimberly Winston — May 6, 2015
(RNS) It's "All in the Family" meets "The Cosby Show" with a focus on issues confronting Muslim-Americans. And while most teaching-tool efforts are dull, this one is funny in a late-night comedy club kind of way.
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