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Television

By Ashley Anthony

Reality Television and the State of Our Souls

September 25th, 2023|11 min read

By Jake Meador

Mandalorian Dogma

March 20th, 2023|4 min read

By Brewer Eberly

Pam Against Posturing: On the Michael Scott Theory of Social Class

March 15th, 2021|16 min read

By Guest Writer

On Blood Sport and the Image of God

September 25th, 2017|7 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Finding the Gospel in Game of Thrones

July 14th, 2017|2 min read

By Alastair Roberts

Why We Should Jettison the “Strong Female Character”

April 18th, 2016|36 min read

By Jake Meador

The Redundancy of House of Cards

March 9th, 2016|6 min read

By Guest Writer

The Foolishness of Stephen Colbert

November 20th, 2015|4 min read

By Jake Meador

When Grace “Fails”—The Music of Call the Midwife

November 13th, 2015|6 min read

By Berny Belvedere

A Faithless House–Religion in Fox’s “House”

August 24th, 2015|11 min read

By Jake Meador

The Narrow Vision of House of Cards

March 3rd, 2015|4 min read

By Jake Meador

3 Thoughts on Kindle Unlimited

July 22nd, 2014|6 min read

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By Guest Writer

Pedro at 40: How a Television Show Changed the Way a Generation Viewed LGBTQ Persons

July 19th, 2013|6 min read

By Guest Writer

The Frame for Watching Mad Men: When Joan sells Johnny

April 12th, 2013|4 min read

By Guest Writer

Should Christians Watch Mad Men? A Rejoinder

April 8th, 2013|9 min read

By Jake Meador

The Ethics of Watching Mad Men

April 5th, 2013|5 min read

By Jake Meador

House of Cards: Kevin Spacey, Tolkien, and the Bible

February 26th, 2013|6 min read

By Matthew Miller

Downton Abbey as a Jane Austen style Tragedy

February 12th, 2013|4 min read

By Keith E. Buhler

A mind is a terrible thing to waste on comedy

December 24th, 2004|3 min read