The Nature of Kendrick Lamar’s “Suffering Servant”
Lamar’s music is a battlefield of competing theologies embedded in the dissonance of lived experience.
It’s Not About Us: Reflections on Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
Music is not just about being entertained, but also about seeing the world through someone else’s eyes.
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” and the Necessity of Tribalism
2024’s most needle-moving cultural revelation has been Kendrick Lamar’s exposé and rap battle with the seemingly untouchable Drake.
On Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar Finds Peace with Self by Accepting Conflict
Instead of simply preaching his thoughts on those controversial topics, Lamar shares his experiences and resulting perspectives on the matters.
Music Favorites of the Decade from CAPC Staff
The Christ and Pop Culture team highlights some of their personal favorite pop culture artifacts of the past 10 years in the Faves of the Decade series.
Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer and the Making of a New Tradition
With DAMN. and its accompanying Pulitzer, Kendrick Lamar has crossed a milestone, has set a precedent—has established a fresh tradition; hip-hop has entered a new phase.
The Christ and Pop Culture 25 of 2017
A List of Our Favorite Things from 2017
The Christ and Pop Culture 25 of 2017: #5 to #1
A list of our favorite things from 2017, from #5 to #1.
The CaPC Digest 87: On Kendrick Lamar with R. S. Naifeh
Drew and Tyler host CaPC guest R.S. Naifeh, to discuss his article on Kendrick Lamar’s work, theology, and cultural perception.
Kendrick Lamar’s Real God
Kendrick’s darkest fear was not that there is no God, but that Kendrick would deny the Great I Am.
The CaPC 25 for 2017 Episode 12: DAMN., Wonder Woman, and The Benedict Option
Superheroes, rap, and cultural seclusion go head to head in this episode of The CaPC 25. Wonder Woman, Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., and The Benedict Option.
The 2015 Christ and Pop Culture 25: #5 to #1
A List of Our Favorite Things from 2015, from #5 to #1.
Sunday Oldskool Episode 78: Wearing Halos with Chance the Rapper
Sam and Cray talk about wedding crashing, presidential Pusha T. and a detailed look at Chance the Rapper’s ‘Angels.’
The Irony, Grief & Terror in Kendrick Lamar’s “The Blacker The Berry”
“Dying of Thirst”: Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid M.A.A.D. City as Theology of Confession
The true force of Lamar’s understanding of life is that he has no space for a divide between theology and lived life.
