The Bible and Pop Culture: An Academic Journey?Posted on July 18, 2014 by Chris ParisWhenever I learn of classes that feature pop culture, my initial enthusiasm is always tempered by wondering how any of these courses can truly be academic. I had the opportunity to wrestle with this issue when Vanderbilt Divinity School allowed me to teach The Bible in American Culture….
Pop Culture & Pedagogy: The Danger in Seminary CurriculumPosted on June 30, 2014 by George ElerickWell known pedagogical theorist, Paulo Freire once said this of education: “Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world”….This is where the aspect of pop culture becoming a spiritual discipline really shines, in that the spiritual disciplines are designed to develop the inner aspect of the human thereby developing the outer person. These material acts then transform the local world of those who engage with it….