“Can you be Christian and rap at the same time? I think you can take rap and use it for redemptive purposes…I want to provide a landscape of hope for people.” More →

February 8, 2013

As the world celebrates the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, is its voice receding in American culture? More →

September 20, 2011

Three movie watchers ponder the religious, spiritual, and moral themes in Avatar, Up, The Hurt Locker, and more. More →

March 5, 2010

he prolific and best-selling author Jodi Picoult writes “ethical thrillers” about contentious issues such as the death penalty, organ donation, euthanasia, sexual abuse, date rape, teen suicide, and school shootings. More →

April 24, 2009

The messages of the advertising business help sell billions of dollars worth of products. But do they also coarsen American culture? And if so, who’s to blame — the ad agencies or us consumers? More →

June 22, 2007

Read more of the R&E interview with actor Stephen Baldwin on evangelism. More →

May 7, 2004

Read more of Jeff Sheler’s interview about America’s evangelicals with Professor Alan Wolfe of Boston College. More →

April 30, 2004

Part three of a four-part series: American evangelicals’ relationship with popular culture. In our national survey, conducted with U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, nearly three quarters of white evangelicals said the media are hostile to their values. Yet they have also created their own widely popular alternative music and books. More →

April 30, 2004

Read the comments of sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox on R&E’s national survey of America’s evangelicals. More →

April 30, 2004

Read more from Jeff Sheler’s interview with William Romanowski, professor of communication arts and sciences at Calvin College. More →

April 30, 2004