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WJK Radio 33: Elaine A. Heath Explores Women, Sex, and God in Twilight

What better day to talk about vampires and werewolves than Halloween? Elaine A. Heath is here to discuss her new book, The Gospel according to Twilight: Women, Sex, and God. Does Stephenie Meyer's blockbuster series offer any theological insight? Could the Twilight books be sending dangerous messages to young girls? Heath offers her take just in time for the release of Breaking Dawn, Part One. 

Elaine A. Heath is Associate Professor of Evangelism at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. An active participant in the emerging church conversation, she is an ordained United Methodist minister.

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Music Credit

“Shadows,” by David LaMotte

WJK Radio 12: Craig Detweiler Offers his Expert Take on Video Games – and Religion!

Hot on the heels of James Cameron’s award-winning blockbuster film Avatar, Craig Detweiler joins us today for a serious look at a fun subject—video games!  Detweiler is the editor of the first exploration of video games and their theological dimensions: Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games with God. 

Craig Detweiler is Director of the Center for Entertainment, Media, and Culture at Pepperdine University in Malibu. His cultural commentary has appeared on ABC's Nightline, CNN, Fox News, NPR, and in The New York Times. His comedic documentary, Purple State of Mind, won Best Spiritual Film at the 2008 Breckenridge Festival of Film and the Audience Award at the 2009 Tallahassee Film Festival. For more information, visit http://detweiler.wjkbooks.com. He also blogs at craig.purplestateofmind.com.

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David Dark, The Gospel according to America: A Meditation on a God-blessed, Christ-haunted Idea

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Music Credit:

“Shadows,” by David LaMotte

WJK Radio 9: D’OH! It’s Mark Pinsky on Spirituality in The Simpsons

Since being introduced to American television audiences over two decades ago, Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson have become one of the most well-known, beloved, and irreverent animated families of all time. Yet even in The Simpsons one can find elements of faith and morality. Here to discuss the ways in which spirituality and religion are reflected in this longest-running comedy in television history is Mark Pinsky, author of the newly revised edition of the best-selling book that Booklist calls “seriously funny,” The Gospel according to The Simpsons.

A completely revised study guide for this volume in the popular WJK Gospel According to… series has just been released.

Mark I. Pinsky is the author of The Gospel according to The Simpsons, The Gospel according to Disney, and A Jew among the Evangelicals. He is a former religion reporter for the Orlando Sentinel and the Los Angeles Times.

Running Time: 33:27 minutes

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Greg Garrett, The Gospel according to Hollywood

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Music Credit:

“Shadows,” by David LaMotte