Two weeks ago, I watched The OA, an eight-hour TV series centered on a white woman who died, came back […]
Dear Hollywood: Make Some Supernatural/Spiritual Dramas With People of Color
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Chip Gaines of “Fixer Upper” Breaks Silence About BuzzFeed Article: ‘We Refuse to Be Baited’
“Fixer Upper” stars Chip and Joanna Gaines have remained virtually silent about the controversy that emerged after BuzzFeed published a […]
Season Two of “The Story of God” With Morgan Freeman to Return to NatGeo January 16, 2017
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, the television documentary series of National Geographic Channel, will begin with its Season 2 […]
Chance the Rapper Performs on SNL, Sings ‘Happy Birthday Jesus’ (Video)
Chance the Rapper appeared on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend and once again showed that he wasn’t afraid to talk […]
New Theme for ESPN’s ‘SportsCenter Coast-to-Coast’ Was Done by Lecrae (Video)
If you’ve watched ESPN’s popular highlight show SportsCenter this week, you may have heard a familiar voice. The show’s “Coast-to-Coast” […]
How Movies and TV of 2016 Reflected American Religion
From Sausage Party to Silence, it was a banner year for religion onscreen.
Leah Remini Is Exposing Scientology Secrets In Her New Docuseries (Video)
It’s rare to see a former Scientologist speak out against the Church of Scientology, let alone produce a documentary series that […]
Chip and Joanna Gaines Show the Culture Wars are Fought on Reality TV
Chip and Joanna Gaines, the smiley, shiplap-loving couple at the center of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper,” have hit another milestone in […]
Why We Love “This is Us”
On the hit new NBC series “This is Us,” one of the star characters talked a reluctant colleague into spending the […]
A Culture of Life In the Walking Dead
Since its earliest seasons, AMC’s zombie apocalypse series The Walking Dead has depicted a God-widowed world. Although select characters here […]
Flame Guest Starring on TLC’s “Counting On” Tonight (Video)
Christian emcee Flame will be guest starring on the TLC reality show “Counting On” at 7 p.m. CST.
Three September TV Shows That Plumb Religion and Spirituality
Here’s your guide to three hot September shows that plumb religion and spirituality:
From “Greenleaf” to “Transparent”: Finding God on the Small Screen
The drama “Greenleaf” was the most successful new series in the history of OWN, the cable network begun by Oprah […]
AMC’s New “Preacher” Drama Has Violence, But Also Theology
In AMC’s new drama Preacher, Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper) returns home to pastor his dead father’s congregation in Annville, Texas. […]
Watch Skillet’s Fox and Friends Performance
In case you missed it, you can watch Skillet on Fox & Friends All-American Summer Concert Series on their website […]
The Postsecular Spiritual Turn In “Orange Is the New Black”
Spoiler Alert: Plot details from season four of Orange Is the New Black appear below.
Religious Belief Tackled In OWN’s “Greenleaf” Drama Series
The Oprah Winfrey Network is the latest to get into the original scripted series game in these boom times of […]
How Movies, TV Teach Us Redemption
I am the kind of person who sometimes derives hope from unusual things. As a lover of stories, I often […]
