Joseph Price a professor of religious studies at Whittier College in California, says of the Superbowl "It's the high holy day for American culture," comparing it Muslims praying toward Mecca on their holy day and families attending church on Christmas morning. James Wellman, chair of the Comparative Religion program at University of Washington adds, "The Super Bowl really is a form of civil religion. There are simply certain values that transcend a country or culture. Everyone gathers around the Super Bowl. There's a sense of unity and unification." In this podcast we take up the subject Sports as Religion, a look at Superbowl madness, sportsfandom and the hero-athlete as idolatry in contemporary life. Our guests are Steven Thompson, special teams for the Jets in their legendary Superbowl III win, SPU Women’s Basketball Head Coach Julie van Beek and former Seahawk Jeff Kemp.
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Posted in "Live @ Hales", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Celebrity, Spirituality in February 8, 2007 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
Joseph Price a professor of religious studies at Whittier College in California, says of the Superbowl "It's the high holy day for American culture," comparing it Muslims praying toward Mecca on their holy day and families attending church on Christmas morning. James Wellman, chair of the Comparative Religion program at University of Washington adds, "The Super Bowl really is a form of civil religion. There are simply certain values that transcend a country or culture. Everyone gathers around the Super Bowl. There's a sense of unity and unification." In this podcast we take up the subject Sports as Religion, a look at Superbowl madness, sportsfandom and the hero-athlete as idolatry in contemporary life. Our guests are Steven Thompson, special teams for the Jets in their legendary Superbowl III win, SPU Women’s Basketball Head Coach Julie van Beek and former Seahawk Jeff Kemp.
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Posted in "Live @ Hales", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Celebrity, Spirituality in February 7, 2007 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
Rick Stevenson, whose newest film is "Expiration Date," is interviewed by John Priddy, of Priddy Brothers Entertainment. Rick Stevenson was an American earning a doctorate degree in international relations at Oxford when he produced fellow Yank Michael Hoffman's "Privileged" (1982), a well-received comedy that has become a footnote in motion picture history as the film debut of Hugh Grant. With Hoffman and three others, Stevenson formed the Oxford Film Company with David Puttnam and John Schlesinger as honorary chairs. They created Britain's first national screenwriting competition and a summer institute for filmmakers.
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Posted in "Live at Sundance/Windrider", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Movies in February 7, 2007 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
51 Birch Street is a story by documentary filmmaker Doug Block, who had every reason to believe his parent's 54-year marriage was a good one. So he isn't prepared when just a few months after his mother's unexpected death his 83-year old father phones to announce that he's moving to Florida to live with Kitty, his secretary from 40 years before. This compelling story has attracted rave reviews including New York Times film critic A.O. Scott, Jim Emerson of the Chicago Sun-Times and RogerEbert.com, all of whom named 51 Birch Street one of their top ten films of the year. The story raise provocative issues about secrecy in families and also raises ethical issues for filmmakers. Here to discuss the film at Windrider Film Forum are: John and Ed Priddy from Priddy Brothers Entertainment, Craig Detweiler from Fuller Seminary's Brehm Center and the producer of The Kindlings Muse, Jennie Spohr.
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Posted in "Live at Sundance/Windrider", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Movies in February 5, 2007 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
We go to the audience's questions and comments as we take up the subject "Word, Image and the Neil Postman Problem" beginning with Gregory Wolfe, author, publisher of IMAGE a journal of Art, Faith and Mystery, artist Scott Ericksen and Jennie Spohr, producer of The Kindlings Muse. Orson Welles observed: I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts. E.B. White warned that the visual might replace words. "TV has taken a big bite out of the written word. But words still count with me." Into the debate marched Neil Postman, educator and communications theorist with his book "Amusing Ourselves to Death," a radical assessment of how TV changes how we learn and think, and ultimately how we discourse in what he saw as an increasingly entertainment oriented society. He seemed to favor words and reading as a higher form of human communication.
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Posted in "Live @ Hales", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Books, Celebrity, News, Spirituality, Technology, TV in February 2, 2007 by Dick Staub | No Comments »
In this podcast we take up the subject "Word, Image and the Neil Postman Problem" beginning with Gregory Wolfe, author, publisher of IMAGE a journal of Art, Faith and Mystery, artist Scott Ericksen and Jennie Spohr, producer of The Kindlings Muse. Orson Welles observed: I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts. E.B. White warned that the visual might replace words. "TV has taken a big bite out of the written word. But words still count with me." Into the debate marched Neil Postman, educator and communications theorist with his book "Amusing Ourselves to Death," a radical assessment of how TV changes how we learn and think, and ultimately how we discourse in what he saw as an increasingly entertainment oriented society. He seemed to favor words and reading as a higher form of human communication.
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Posted in "Live @ Hales", A. Podcasts -- "The Kindlings Muse", Books, Celebrity, News, Spirituality, Technology, TV in February 1, 2007 by Carlo Nakar | No Comments »
