Adaptation: The Self-Proclaiming Rhetoric of Charlie Kaufman and of the Apostle Paul - Matthew Anderson, Department of Theology, Concordia University, Montreal
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Ecstasy, Joy, and Sorrow: The Religious Experience of Southern College Football - Eric Bain-Selbo, Department Head, Philosophy and Religion, Western Kentucky University
What a Difference a Gay Makes: Queering the Magic Negro - Gayle R. Baldwin, Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota, Department of Philosophy and Religion
Higher Love: What Women Gain from Christian Romance Novels - Rebecca Kaye Barrett
Le mot et la chose, l’hostie dans le matrimoine du Québec - Olivier Bauer, l’Université de Montréal
"Prey for Us": Biblical/Theological Themes in a "Cult" TV Sci-Fi Drama - M.A. Beavis, University of Saskatchewan
The Apocalyptic Imagination and Popular Culture - Mervyn F. Bendle Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in History and Communications, School of Humanities, James Cook University
The New Apocalyptic: Modern American Apocalyptic Fiction and its Ancient and Modern Cousins - Wesley J. Bergen, Wichita State University
Under the Influence? The Bible, Culture and Nick Cave - Roland Boer, Monash University
The Gnostic Illusion: Problematic Realized Eschatology in The Matrix Reloaded - Donna Bowman, Honors College, University of Central Arkansas
“Stand tall, turn your three guitars up real loud, and do what you do”: The Redneck Liberation Theology of the Drive-By Truckers - Michael Buma, University of Western Ontario
Just Deserts: Ayn Rand and the Christian Right - Cynthia Burack, Department of Women’s Studies, Ohio State University
Negotiating the Paradox of Virtual Embodiment in the Classroom: Virtual Ethnicity, the Seductions of Potential, and the Assumption of Access - Ann Burlein, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Re-sexualizing the Magdalene: Dan Brown's Misuse of Early Christian Documents in The Da Vinci Code - Nancy Calvert-Koyzis, King's University College, University of Western Ontario
Popular Music on Christianity in the United States: Christianity's Failure to Love - Jeremiah Cataldo, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Taking off the Gloves: Dawkins and the Root of All Evil? - Curtis D. Carbonell
Curses and Catharsis in Red Sox Nation: Baseball and Ritual Violence in American Culture - Dr. Darryl V. Caterine, Department of Religious Studies, Grinnell College
Sound Bites of Civil Religion: Politics, Popular Culture, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom - Darryl V. Caterine, Le Moyne College
Tender Warriors: Muscular Christians, Promise Keepers, and the Crisis of Masculinity in Left Behind - Jennie Chapman, English and American Studies, University of Manchester
Envisioning the Arts: Changing Attitudes towards the Visual Arts in Canadian Conservative Protestant Christianity - Mark Denis Chapman Associate Director, Ambrose Seminary Toronto
“These are Their Stories”: Views of Religion in Law & Order - Dan W. Clanton, Jr., University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Of Catholics, Commies, and the Anti-Christ: Mapping American Social Borders Through Cold War Comic Books - Emily Clark, M.A.Ph.D. Program in American Religious History, Florida State University
The Production of Christian Fiction - Jonathan Cordero, Department of Sociology, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Unveiling Satan’s Wrath: Aesthetics and Ideology in Anti-Christian Heavy Metal - Jonathan Cordero, California Lutheran University
Episode 712: South Park, Ridicule, and the Cultural Construction of Religious Rivalry - Douglas E. Cowan, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Sociology, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Seeing the Saviour in the Stars: Religion, Conformity, and The Day the Earth Stood Still - Douglas E. Cowan, University of Waterloo
The Truth and Divinity of Sickness and Rage in the Karaoke of Despair - Wayne Cristaudo, University of Adelaide, South Australia
Crop-tops, Hipsters and Liminality: Fashion and Differentiation in Two Evangelical Student Groups - Edward Croft Dutton, Divinity Department, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Big Brother, Pilgrimage and the Ndembu of Zambia: Examining the Big Brother Phenomenon through the Anthropology of Religion - Edward Croft Dutton, Divinity Department, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
“Bog off Dog Breath! You’re Talking Pants!”: Swearing as Witness Evangelism in Student Evangelical Groups - Edward Croft Dutton, Divinity Department, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Popular Cold Warriors: Conservative Protestants, Communism, and Culture in Early Cold War America - Eric R. Crouse, University of New Brunswick
Reflections on the Uncritical Appropriation of Cinematic Christ-Figures: Holy Other or Wholly Inadequate? - Dr. Christopher Deacy, Lecturer in Applied Theology, University of Kent, U.K.
"Even a Man Who is Pure in Heart": Filmic Horror, Popular Religion and the Spectral Underside of History - Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare, Ph.D. Candidate, St. Michael's College, Toronto School of Theology
The Language of “Sacrifice” in the Buildup to War: A Feminist Rhetorical and Theological Analysis -Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Fundamentalist Christians, Raunch Culture, and Post-industrial Capitalism - Iva Ellen Deutchman, Department of Political Science, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York
Shojo Savior: Princess Nausicaä, Ecological Pacifism and The Green Gospel -Ian DeWeese-Boyd, Department of Philosophy, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
American Idol(atry): A Religious Profanation - Sabatino DiBernardo, University of Central Florida
The Evolution of Rock and Roll: Its Religious and Ecological Themes - Dirk Dunbar, Okaloosa-Walton Community College and University of West Florida
Hollywood's Transformed Hero: A Countercultural Journey - Dirk Dunbar, Okaloosa-Walton College and University of West Florida, Niceville, FL
“You Either Get It or You Don't:” Conversion Experiences and The Dr. Phil Show - R. Danielle Egan, Assistant Professor & Stephen D. Papson, Professor, Department of Sociology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Home Altars and the Virgin of Guadalupe in Quinceañera: Historical and Critical Perspectives - Aurelio Espinosa, Arizona State University
By the Gods—or Not: Religious Plurality in Xena: Warrior Princess -David Fillingim, Shorter College, Rome, GA
Archetypes on the American Screen: Heroes and Anti-Heroes - John Fitch, III, Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte, NC
Life as a Journey: The Spiritual Dimension in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings - Christopher Garbowski, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Arcade Fire’s Parodic Bible - Michael J. Gilmour, Providence College, Manitoba
Brainwashed, by George Harrison and the Bhagavad Gita - Michael J. Gilmour, Associate Professor of New Testament, Providence College, Otterburne, Manitoba, Canada
Marla, Freud, Religion, and Manhood: An Interpretation of David Fincher's Fight Club - Sandie Gravett, Appalachian State University
They Refused Jesus Too: A Biblical Paradigm in the Writing of Bob Dylan - Michael J. Gilmour, Providence College, Otterburne, MB
Marriage, Womanhood, and the Search for "Something More": American Evangelical Women's Best-selling "Self-Help" Books, 1972-1979 - Jennifer Heller, University of Kansas
Cyberpilgrimage: A Study of Authenticity, Presence and Meaning in Online Pilgrimage Experiences - Connie Hill-Smith, University of Wales Lampeter
Wrestling with Flesh, Wrestling with Spirit: The Painful Consequences of Dualism in The Last Temptation of Christ - Christine Hoff Kraemer, Boston University, Boston, MA
Et Tu, U2? “Wake Up Dead Man” and Bono’s Perceived Betrayal of the Faith - Kevin Holm-Hudson, University of Kentucky
The Body and the Blood of Eternal UnDeath - Stephenson Humphries-Brooks, Hamilton College
The Anointing of the Airwaves: Charismatic Televangelism’s Impact on the Church and Community in urban India -Jonathan D. James Edith Cowan University, Australia and Brian P. Shoesmith Edith Cowan University, Australia and University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh
(Re)Presenting Mary Magdalene: A Feminist Reading of The Last Temptation of Christ - Tammie Kennedy, University of Arizona
Shiva on the Durham Coalfield: On the Pertinence of Hindu Myth to the Film Billy Elliot - Thomas Kerkhoven, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Religion and Popular Culture in Canada: Introducing the Theme / Religion et culture populaire au Canada : Présentation du thème - Chris Klassen, Wilfred Laurier University
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Saint Cinema: The Construction of St. Francis of Assisi in Franco Zeffirelli's Brother Sun Sister Moon (1972) - Anton Karl Kozlovic, The Flinders University of South Australia
The Deep Focus Typecasting of Joseph Schildkraut as Judas Figure in Four DeMille Films - Anton Karl Kozlovic, The Flinders University of South Australia
The Structural Characteristics of the Cinematic Christ-figure - Anton Karl Kozlovic, School of Humanities, The Flinders University of South Australia
The Morality and Politics of Consumer Religion: How Consumer Religion Fuels the Culture Wars in the United States -Scott Kline, University of Waterloo
“Applauding the Good and Condemning the Bad" The Christian Herald and Varieties of Protestant Response to Hollywood in the 1950s - Greg Linnell
Muslim Marriage Goes Online: The Use of Internet Matchmaking by American Muslims - Mbaye Lo, Duke University and Taimoor Aziz, Trinity College at Duke University
Seeking the Roots of Terrorism: An Islamic Traditional Perspective - Mbaye Lo, Cleveland State University, Kent State University
Retiring the Maid: The Last Joan of Arc Movie - Peggy Maddox, Fulbright College, University of Arkansas
A Potion too Strong?: Challenges in Translating the Religious Significance of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings to Film - Jeffrey Mallinson, Union College, KY
Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ: Market Segmentation, Mass Marketing and Promotion, and the Internet - Peter A. Maresco, College of Business, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Personalized Gravestones: Your Life’s Passion for all to See and Hear -Peter A. Maresco, John F. Welch College of Business, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT and Zafar U. Ahmed, Department of Marketing and Management, Texas A&M University, Commerce
Culture in Motion: Yiddish in Canadian Jewish Life - Rebecca Margolis, University of Ottawa
The Politics of a Mel-placed Passion and Displaced Bodies - Dr. John C. McDowell, Divinity Director of Undergraduate Studies and Meldrum Lecturer in Systematic Theology, New College, Mound Place, University of Edinburgh
Everyday a Miracle: History According to Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) - Victoria Meng, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Film and Media Studies, Arizona State University
Spiritual Quest and and Popular Culture: Reflexive Spirituality in the Text of Northern Exposure -John Mihelich, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Justice Studies, University of Idaho; Jennifer Gatzke, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Justice Studies, University of Idaho
Dayglo Koans and Spiritual Renewal: 1960s Psychedelic Rock Concert Posters and the Broadening of American Spiritualitys - Kevin M. Moist, Ph.D., Penn State Altoona
"Beyond Beards, Scarves and Halal Meat": Mediated Constructions of British Muslim Identity - Yasmin Moll, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Devil Music and the Great Beast: Ozzy Osbourne, Aleister Crowley, and the Christian Right - Christopher M. Moreman, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Wales, Lampeter
5loaves.net - A Christian Social Network: Definitions, Development, and Survey Results - Glen Moriarty, Assistant Professor, School of Psychology and Counseling, Regent University
A Comparative Analysis of Three Locations of Ritual Activity at Saint Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal - Laurence Nixon, Dawson College, Montreal
Happy Holidays: Creating Common Ground in the “War on Christmas” -Richard K. Olsen and Julie W. Morgan, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Eastern University
Keeping the Fidelity in Stereo Catechesis: Opportunities and Dangers Inherent in Transmediation of the Gospel as Illustrated in Sister Act I and II - Richard Olsen, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
“I’m a Stranger Here Myself”: Forced Individuation in Alien Resurrection -Kile M. Ortigo, Department of Psychology, Emory University
Miracles or Love? How Religious Leaders Communicate Trustworthiness through the Web - Stefano Pace, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
Jesus on the Mainline: Lou Reed and Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son - Tim Parrish, Texas Christian University
“Then Sings My Soul”: Gospel Music as Popular Culture in the Spiritual lives of Kenyan Pentecostal/Charismatic Christians - Damaris Seleina Parsitau, Egerton University
O'Neill and the Impossibility of Faith - John W. Presley, Illinois State University
A Prevalence of Witches: Witchcraft and Popular Culture in the Making of a Yoruba Town -William Rea, School of Fine Art, Art History and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds
Secular Versus Religious Fans: Are they Different?: An Empirical Examination - Stephen Reysen
“One nation under God”: Identity and Resistance in a Rural Atheist Organization - Jeff Ritchey, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
“Love in the Clouds”: Barbara Cartland’s Religious Romances - Robert W. Rix, University of Copenhagen
With My Body I Thee Worship: Joe Wright’s Erotic Vision in Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Maureen Sabine, Department of History, Hong Kong University
Malcolm X and British Muslims: A Personal Reflection - Dr Amir Saeed, Department of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland
I'll Conjure Me a World: Biblical imagery and figures in the work of Saul Stacey Williams - Frank L. Samson, Sociology Department, Stanford University
Chochmat: Sounds like Spirit Rock - Cia Sautter, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
The Impossibility of Negation: A Theoretical Defense of “Cross-Over” Christian Rock - Brian Schill, University of North Dakota
Sporting Heroic Bodies In a Christian Nation-at-War - Claudia Schippert, University of Central Florida
Professional Baseball and Fan Disillusionment: A Religious Ritual Analysis - Jeffrey Scholes, University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology
Burned Over Bono: U2’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Messiah and His Religious Politic - Chad E. Seales, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Redemption by Grace: A Rhetorical Analysis of Hoosiers - Brant Short, Ph.D. and Dayle Hardy Short, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University
Every Day is [Not] Like Sunday - Zachary R. Smith
Welcome Aboard: Faith, Life and Death in United 93 - Alasdair Spark and Elizabeth Stuart, University of Winchester
The Theological Aesthetic of American Beauty - James S. Spiegel, Taylor University, Upland, Indiana
Swaggering Savagery and the New Frontier - Barry Stephenson, Wilfrid Laurier University
Bluegrass Theology: From Primitive (Baptist) to Postmodern - Richard C. Stern, Professor of Homiletics, Saint Meinrad School of Theology
Contemporary Christian Music: Public Relations Amid Scandal - John Stiles, Hannam University, Linton Global College, Korea
Middle Earth’s Messianic Mythology Remixed: Gandalf’s Death and Resurrection in Novel and Film - Mark D. Stucky, Elkhart, IN
Transgressing Boundaries in the Nine Inch Nails: The Grotesque as a Means to the Sacred - Andrew Tatusko, Seton Hall University
Serpents, Sainthood, and Celebrity: Symbolic and Ritual Tension in Appalachian Pentecostal Snake Handling - Keith G. Tidball and Chris Toumey
“‘Who Do You Say That I Am?’”: Identity and Discipleship in The Last Supper and the Gospel of Mark” -Holly Joan Toensing, Xavier University
Holy Acceptable Violence? Violence in Hockey and Christian Atonement Theories - Tracy Trothen, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Redeeming Sexual Difference: Stigmata, The Messenger and Luce Irigaray’s Bleeding Woman - Luciana Ugrina
The Wiccan “Great Rite”—Hieros Gamos in the Modern West - Samuel Wagar
Role-Playing Games and the Christian Right: Community Formation in Response to a Moral Panic - David Waldron, Lecturer in Social Science and the, Humanities, University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Ian McEwan’s Enduring Love in a Secular Age - Maxine E. Walker, Point Loma Nazarene University
Favourite Pew or Box Seat? Sabbath Beliefs as a Barrier to Sporting Event Attendance on Sunday: A Congregational Study - Steven N. Waller, The University of Tennessee
The Lost Aisle: Selling Atlantis in the "Spiritual Supermarket" - Dr. John Walliss, Research Associate, Dept. of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK & Mr. Wayne Spencer, Independent Researcher, UK
Celling the End Times: The Contours of Contemporary Rapture Films - John Walliss, Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Religion, Hope Centre for Millennialism Studies, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Liverpool Hope University
The Passion as Horror Film: St. Mel of the Cross - Richard Walsh
“Passion Tickets Bear Mark of Beast!”: Otherworldly Realism, Religious Authority and Popular Film - Diana Walsh-Pasulka, Assistant Professor Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
The Production and Consumption of Contemporary Charismatic Worship in Britain as Investment and Affective Alliance - Dr. Pete Ward, Lecturer, King's College, London
Is God in Charge? Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow, Deconstruction, and Theodicy - Martin Warren, Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
Big Fish: Understanding Historical Narrative -Barrie Wilson, PhD Professor, Religious Studies, York University
Forest Spirits, Giant Insects and World Trees: The Nature Vision of Hayao Miyazaki - Lucy Wright, Ph.D. Candidate, Cinema Studies Programme, University of Melbourne
Norman Jewison and Melvyn Bragg's Jesus in 1973 and Mark's Gospel - Jayhoon Yang
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