Transmissions
- CommentaryAn Evangelical Changing of the Guard?This post originally appeared at Trans/Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. At about the same time that President Barack Obama came out in favor of gay marriage, and …Topics: Evangelicals and Evangelicalism, Media, Transmissions
- CommentaryMovies, Money and MoralityThis post originally appeared on Trans-Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. When I was a kid the Movieguide newsletter would arrive and, if I was quick enough, I …Topics: Media, Transmissions
- CommentaryMegachurch and Microscoop: Beyond the Crystal CathedralThis post originally appeared at Trans/Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. The Crystal Cathedral has finally met its demise. After bankruptcy, the sale of the landmark sanctuary to …Topics: Evangelicals and Evangelicalism, Media, Megachurches, Southern California, Transmissions
- CommentaryBlack History Month: Looking Foward, Looking BackThis post originally appeared on Trans-Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. At the beginning of Black History month we were greeted with tragic news: Don Cornelius, the founder …Topics: Community Dynamics, Media, Multi-ethnic / Multi-racial Congregations, Muslims and Islam, Pentecostals and Pentecostalism, Race and Ethnicity, Religious Affiliation, Transmissions
- CommentaryWho’s Leading the Evangelical (Super) Pack?This post originally appeared on Trans-Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. In an effort to rally evangelical support for one Republican candidate in the upcoming South Carolina primary — …Topics: Evangelicals and Evangelicalism, Media, Millennials, Transmissions, Voting and Elections
- CommentaryNothing Sparks a Movement Like an Adversary (and Some Bad PR)This post originally appeared on Trans/Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. When TLC first aired “All-American Muslim,” the show met with some harsh criticism from within the Muslim …Topics: Branding and Marketing, Media, Muslims and Islam, Transmissions
- CommentaryThe Evangelical 99 PercentThis post originally appeared on Trans-Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. Last week I spent a day at the annual Evangelical Theological Society meetings in San Francisco. My entree …Topics: Evangelicals and Evangelicalism, Media, Race and Ethnicity, Transmissions, Voting and Elections
- CommentaryEnd Times, Part DeuxThis post originally appeared on Trans-Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. It’s about that time again. Not for a new social-protest movement to pop up, or for someone …Topics: Media, Religious Beliefs and Rituals, Transmissions
- CommentaryReligion and Politics, by the NumbersThis post originally appeared on Trans/Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion blog. The great American political experiment has passed many milestones along the path toward a more inclusive society. …Topics: Jews and Judaism, Media, Mormons and Mormonism, Muslims and Islam, Political Attitudes and Values, Religious Affiliation, Transmissions, Voting and Elections
- CommentaryMega Crystal Cathedral Meltdown ReduxThis post originally appeared at Trans/Missions, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion site. The past tumultuous few years for the Crystal Cathedral have included the retirement (and un-retirement, then subsequent …Topics: Media, Megachurches, Southern California, Transmissions