The Age of Fantasy: Competing Visions, Colliding Worlds
I now understand why the fantasy world imagined by Stan Lee offered a more compelling mythological lens than the world imagined by Tolkien did.
Finding Reason and Goodness in the Longing for a Superhero
Our collective superhero fascination reveals a lot about how we define ourselves, Jesus, and our relationship to him.
CAPC Magazine Issue 3 of 2019: Self-Definitions
Who are you? Who am I? These are the mysteries tackled in this issue of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine.
Endgame‘s Rally of Women Avengers
I don’t think a heavy-handed scene in which the women of the MCU are haphazardly thrown together is reason enough on its own to cheer, but I am encouraged by the possibility that Marvel recognizes a deficiency.
Avengers: Infinity War and the Lost Spirit of Sacrifice
Infinity War begins with most of the Marvel heroes either having rejected a spirit of sacrifice or having never really acquired it.
On the Tenth Day of Christmas, CAPC Gave to Me: Ten Supers Saving
In some ways, we all face a battlefield of minute, infinitesimally important choices every day, for good and evil.
Your Favorite Marvel Superhero Has an Off-Screen Life
Comic books have the ability to be informative portholes for everything ranging from pop culture, science, and history, to governmental, economic, and social structures.
Living within the Story: Marvel’s Scriptural Form
What Marvel has tapped into is the power of extended narrative meaning, of situating a life story within a universe governed by order.
