Christ and Pop Culture

Christ and Pop Culture is a digital magazine that explores significant issues and themes in today's popular culture. We offer in-depth articles, thought-provoking posts, engaging podcasts, and a comprehensive online magazine. Our understanding of pop culture is broad, encompassing various elements of modern-day culture, as technology has made many aspects of culture widely accessible. We provide extensive coverage of traditional entertainment mediums like television, music, and film, while also delving into broader trends such as media discussions, internet discourse, gender, sexuality, and local community dynamics. Our goal is to deliver insightful cultural analysis and commentary while maintaining a unique Christian viewpoint.

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Rick and Morty’s Argument FOR God

1 month ago | christandpopculture.com | Mike Schramm

Okay, hear me out. Yes, this article is not only going to speak positively about the Adult Swim show Rick and Morty, but it is going to illustrate how the show, particularly the sixth episode of Season Two (“The Ricks Must Be Crazy”) actually argues for the existence of God.
Staring Into the Reflecting Pond at The White Lotus

1 month ago | christandpopculture.com | Mike Schramm

Finding some Christian element in such things… equips us to contribute something meaningful to a conversation with others that goes beyond scolding. For a show dripping with irony, The White Lotus, whose third season has now excitingly concluded, has sincere points to make. Some of these points are hidden behind graphic imagery, sensitive subject matter, and “adult situations,” while remaining nonetheless profound.
“Counting Stars” with Aristotle: Why Do I Feel So Right Doing the Wrong Thing? - Christ and Pop Culture

2 months ago | christandpopculture.com | Benjamin Vincent

I will never forget the first time I heard OneRepublic’s hit song “Counting Stars.” I was 15 years old. My taste in music was limited, to say the least. I rarely listened to anything “mainstream,” and I was more than a little inclined to judge my peers who filled their ears with godless pop music. When “Counting Stars” came on at a birthday party, I couldn’t help liking the catchy tune. It was a good song, and everyone seemed to enjoy it.
Kaos Drains: What This Provocative (and Cancelled) Series Says About Our Distaste for Disorder

2 months ago | christandpopculture.com | Mike Schramm

Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for the series Kaos. With the recent canceling of the Netflix series Kaos, starring Jeff Goldblum as Zeus, it led me to speculate about what this says about the movement within popular culture in general and our response to “these types of shows.” These types of shows in question are not the updates of Greek mythology but those that include the shoe-horning of postmodern, near-nihilistic perspectives on hierarchy and freedom.
Gentle as Mockingjays: Haymitch as a Holy Spirit Figure in The Hunger Games

Mar 21, 2025 | christandpopculture.com | Mike Schramm

Many of us in Panem eagerly await the new Hunger Games prequel from Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping, which covers pivotal moments in the backstory of everyone’s favorite high spirited curmudgeon, Haymitch Abernathy.
It’s Not About Us: Reflections on Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show

Feb 17, 2025 | christandpopculture.com | Taylor Standridge

Every year, the Super Bowl halftime show sparks conversations, debates, and polarizing reactions. This year was no different with Kendrick Lamar taking the stage. I braced myself for the inevitable wave of criticism, particularly from older audiences who struggle to connect with modern artists. And unfortunately, much of this criticism seems disproportionately aimed at Black artists like Lamar—and rap music in general.
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat: Reflections on Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - Christ and Pop Culture

Feb 7, 2025 | christandpopculture.com | Victor Clemente

Why are we humans so obsessed with social hierarchies? Until that morning, not too long ago, it had been some time since the social pecking order had pecked me back into place. It’s not that I was unaware of the hierarchy. In fact, as a person of color in the United States, I would argue that it would be difficult not to be aware of the invisible lines that keep everyone in their place. But sometimes, one forgets. I had arrived at the Manhattan luxury tower to do a job for a resident.
CAPC's Favorite Books of 2024

Jan 30, 2025 | christandpopculture.com | E. Lily Yu |Brandon Sanderson

Throughout December and January, the CAPC team has compiled a list of our favorite pop culture artifacts from the previous year. Unlike most year-end lists, we don’t claim that these are the “best.” Rather, these are the things that brought us the most joy and satisfaction in the last 12 months. For 2024, our favorite books focused on kids and tech, Christian artistry, small-town mysteries, cheerful apocalypses, manga creators, and more. Overprotection of children in the real world.
The Monsters Are Already Here

Nov 15, 2024 | christandpopculture.com | Tom Neven

We have our own agents provocateur who manipulate the impressionable to turn neighbor against neighbor, sowing seeds of suspicion and division with lies and conspiracies . . . This content is for Christ and Pop Culture members only. If you'd like to continue reading it, either log in to your account or subscribe today.
My Old Ass and Finding Beauty in Fatalism

Nov 6, 2024 | christandpopculture.com | Griffin Gooch

Spoiler Alert: This article contains mild spoilers for the movie My Old Ass. Writer and director Megan Park’s My Old Assis an uncomplicated meditation on time and temporality. But “uncomplicated” in this sense works absolutely to its advantage.