Evangelicals Studying the Media

It is interesting to note that while academics are studying evangelicals and the media, evangelicals are also studying the media. What interests me is that the multiplicity of perspectives and criticisms represented... and that some are very well thought out, and similar to secular academic analyses.

Here are a few examples I have come across. Some are older works. Some are quite new. Some are extremely academic. Some more popular.

Roy M Anker
Dancing in the dark: Youth, popular culture, and the electronic media (1991)
Catching the light: Looking for God in the movies (2005)

Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
Art, creativity, and the sacred: An anthology in religion and art (1984)

Catherine M. Barsotti
Finding God in the movies: 33 films of reel faith (2004)

David Dark
Everyday apocalypse: The sacred revealed in radiohead, the simpsons and other pop culture icons (2002)

Craig Detweiler
A matrix of meanings: Finding God in popular culture (2003)

John Granger
Looking for God in Harry Potter (2004)

Andrew M Greely
God in popular culture (1989)

Gareth Higgins
How movies helped save my soul: Finding spiritual fingerprints in culturally significant films (2003)

Robert K. Johnston
Reel spirituality: Theology and film in dialogue (2000)
Finding God in the movies: 33 films of reel faith (2004)
Useless beauty: Ecclessiastes through the lens of contemporary film (2004)

Mark Joseph
Pop goes religion: Faith in popular culture (2005)

James W Kemp
The gospel according to dr. seuss: Snitches, sneeches and other 'creatchas' (2004)

Spencer Lewerenz
Behind the screen: Hollywood insiders on faith, film, and culture (2005)

Gordon Lynch
Understanding theology and popular culture (2005)

Clive Marsh
Explorations in theology and film: Movies and meaning (1998)

Terry Mattingly
Pop goes religion: Faith in popular culture (2005)

Margaret R Miles
Seeing and believing: Religion and values at the movies (1997)

Walt Mueller
Understanding today's youth culture (1999)
Engaging the soul of youth culture: Bridging teen worldviews and christian truth (2006)

Connie W Neal
The gospel according to harry potter: Spirituality in the stories of the world's most famous seeker (2002)

Barbara Nicolosi
Behind the screen: Hollywood insiders on faith, film, and culture (2005)

Gaye Ortiz
Explorations in theology and film: Movies and meaning (1998)

Mark I Pinsky
The gospel according to the Simpsons: The spiritual life of the world's most animated family (2001)
The gospel according to Disney: Faith, trust and pixie dust (2004)

William D Ramonowski
Dancing in the dark: Youth, popular culture, and the electronic media (1991)
Eyes wide open: Looking for God in popular culture (2001)
Pop culture wars: Religion and the role of entertainment in American life (2006) [re-released]
Religion and Ethics Weekly interview (2004)

Robert L Short
The gospel according to peanuts (1979)

Quentin J Schultze
American evangelicals and the mass media: Perspectives on the relationship between American evangelicals and the mass media (1990)
Dancing in the dark: Youth, popular culture, and the electronic media (1991)
Redeeming television: How TV changes christians - how christians cqn change tv (1992)
Habits of the high-tech heart: Living virtuously in the information age (2002)
Christianity and the Mass Media in America: Toward a Democratic Accomodation (2003)

Chris Seay
The gospel according to Tony Soprano: An unauthorized look into the soul of TVs top mob boss and family (2002)
The gospel reloaded: Exploring spirituality and faith in the matrix (2003)

Leonard Sweet
Faithquakes (1995)
Carpe Manana: Is your church ready to seize tomorrow? (2003)

Bryan P Stone
Faith and film: Theological themes at the cinema (2000)

Barry Taylor
A matrix of meanings: Finding God in popular culture (2003)

* NOTE: If you are aware of additional key academics involved in this study, please contact me and I will add them to the list