The Christian Century

Preacher has enough violence to satisfy a small planet of adolescent boys. It also has church budget meetings.

Eye in the Sky suggests a Godlike view of drone warfare. But what if we consider a different theological angle?

If we are looking for the moment that precipitated our fall into the media blitz that is our common life, we might consider the O. J. trial.

When I walk and talk with a friend, we share an intimate experience. Listening to a podcast is similar.

Lemonade is a spectacular piece of visual theology. It offers hope for healing—not a generic healing, but the healing of black, female bodies.

In The Lady in the Van, viewers see playwright Alan Bennett befriend a woman experiencing homelessness—and treat her as a human.

In an era of partisan politics, it's difficult to tell the truth. The complaints about Confirmation reveal a lack of progress.

Few Americans may believe in witches—or in a Puritan God. Yet The Witch explores human impulses that are still with us.

That Dragon, Cancer is a unique video game: it offers us the experience of our powerlessness.

A new film and a hit podcast both feature women telling war stories—a role that’s usually reserved for male protagonists and male narrators.

In Concussion, Dr. Bennet Omalu is a Nigerian immigrant and an outsider. This status is complicated by competing ideas of what America is.