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The Otherkin: Fantastic Texts, Pop Culture, and Neo-Religiosity
At times the lines between fact and fiction are blurred when it comes to the fantastic in popular culture and identification with the various characters and creatures that inhabit it. At times the...
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Horror, Pop Culture, and Current Events
In the past I’ve connected aspects of the fantastic to popular culture and current events. With this post I do so again, first in serious fashion, and second with tongue in cheek. In a recent post I...
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The Old West Meets the Undead: PCA/ACA Call for Papers
The combination of certain genres don’t work for me. In this case the Old West connecting with horror, specifically in the form of cowboys combined with zombies, vampires, and other horror icons, but...
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2012 and Mayan Calendar of the End
Several weeks ago I first saw the trailers for 2012 in movie theaters and on television. The trailer depicted a man and his family making a last second escape from apparently worldwide destruction as...
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Whitt and Perlich: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Millennial Mythmaking
In the past I had an opportunity to interview David Whitt and John Perlich with the first book they co-edited, Sith, Slayers, Stargates and Cyborgs: Modern Mythology and the New Millennium (Peter Lang...
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Themes of the Films of James Cameron: Call for Papers
The Popular Culture and American Culture Associations recently circulated a call for papers on the themes of the films of James Cameron: With Avatar Canadian-born filmmaker James Cameron now has the...
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The Church of Jediism and Religious Conflict in the Workplace
While catching up on various blogs and websites dealing with the fantastic in the blogosphere I came across a news item at SF Gospel. It touched on a conflict between a religious group and an employer...
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Call for Papers on “Vampire Love”
The Popular Culture and American Culture Associations are issuing their last call for papers on the topic of “Vampire Love:” 2010 Film & History Conference: Representations of Love in Film and...
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Christopher Knowles: Gods and Geeks in American Pop Culture
Patheos is a website that presents information on a variety of religious traditions. Over the course of the summer months the site has been looking at what the future holds for these religions, and in...
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Popular Culture Association: Graphic Novels, Comics and Popular Culture
Call for Papers: Graphic Novels, Comics and Popular Culture-SWTXPCA 2012 Please make plans to attend our 33rd Annual Conference February 8-11, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel &...
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PCA/ACA Call for Participants: A Roundtable on Contemporary American Horror...
Call for Participants: “‘Oh Yes, There Will Be Blood’: A Roundtable on Contemporary American Horror Cinema” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) National Conference...
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Call for Submissions –“Paranormal Pop: Religion, Pop Culture, and the...
Call for Submissions ROTHCO Press is accepting proposals for essays for an edited volume tentatively titled Paranormal Pop: Religion, Pop Culture, and the Supernatural, to be published in Summer 2015....
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Paranormal and Popular Culture accepted by Routledge
Today my co-editor and I were notified that our proposed volume, The Paranormal and Popular Culture: A Postmodern Religious Landscape, was accepted for publication by Routledge. We have been shopping...
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Lucille Ignites a Firestorm of Controversy and Debate
The season 7 premiere episode of The Walking Dead last week which saw the deaths of two main characters by bludgeoning with a baseball bat named Lucille at the hands of Negan has created a firestorm of...
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Titles of Interest - At Stake: Monsters and the Rhetoric of Fear in Public...
The fine blog, Sects and Violence in the Ancient World, had an interesting post on a volume worthy of inclusion in the Titles of Interest recommendations. It's subject matter and approach are...
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Pop Culture Animation and Religion
I've just become aware of a new book based upon a PhD dissertation. It's titled Drawn to the Gods: Religion and Humor in the Simpsons, South Park, & Family Guy by David Feltmate (NYU Press, 2017)....
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Forthcoming book in 2019: The Paranormal and Popular Culture
I am pleased to announce a February 2019 release date for one of my book projects in the coming year. It was a pleasure to co-edit with Darryl Caterine, and the wonderful contributors to this volume. I...
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"The Paranormal and Popular Culture: A Postmodern Religious Landscape" now...
The Paranormal and Popular Culture: A Postmodern Religious Landscape (Routledge, 2019). This book makes a contribution to a number of academic disciplines, from the paranormal and religious studies to...
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"The Sacred in Fantastic Fandom: Essays on the Intersection of Religion and...
The Sacred in Fantastic Fandom: Essays on the Intersection of Religion and Pop Culture (McFarland, 2019). This is another work of mine that was recently completed. I am especially thankful for my...
View ArticleInterview with Matthew Brake of Pop Culture and Theology
This morning I had a conversation with Matthew Brake of the Pop Culture and Theology website. I hope you enjoy our video podcast. You can visit his website here.
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