Act One
Act One is a nonprofit that trains Christians for careers in mainstream film and television. It is in Hollywood, California.
Act One is a nonprofit that trains Christians for careers in mainstream film and television. It is in Hollywood, California.
Tim Cain is an elder at Kaleo Church in San Diego. The church emphasizes the intersection of religion with pop culture in many of its services and events. The church’s website contains a section on culture, including movie, music and book reviews.
William Dean is a professor emeritus of constructive theology at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver. He is the author of The American Spiritual Culture and the Invention of Jazz, Football and the Movies (Continuum, 2002).
Plugged In is the online version of Focus on the Family’s entertainment review magazine, which looks at film, television, books and videos from a conservative Christian perspective.
Damaris CultureWatch is a U.K.-based organization that offers Christian reflection on film, television, music, books and art.
The Brehm Center for Worship, Theology and the Arts at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., has institutes dedicated to film, dramatic arts, music and expressions of “visual faith.” Each of the institutes has a web page with essays, reviews and criticism.
Jon O’Brien is president of Catholics for Choice, which believes that the individual conscience should be the keystone for moral decision-making on reproductive rights matters and that affordable contraception should be available to all.
Russell Moore is editor-in-chief of Christianity Today. Named in 2017 as one of Politico Magazine’s top 50 influence-makers in Washington, Moore was previously president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
Joel S. Fetzer is a professor of political science at Seaver College at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. He co-wrote Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany (Cambridge University Press, 2004).