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Podcast: The Theology Pugcast
Episode: The Diseased Defects and Effects of Popular Culture
Description: On today's episode Tom introduces a theological analysis of Contemporary Popular Culture, especially its charged symbolism. After unpacking insights from church fathers like Tertullian and Augustine, in their Christian critiques of Public Spectacle Events, the gang enters into important discussion about the impact, function, and role of current Celebrity, Popular Culture, and Spectacles like the Super Bowl, and ponder Christian ways of reading, relating to, going to war with the spiritual character in which these are cloaked.
Article about ‘Adult AI’ mentioned by CR: https://www.digitalliturgies.net/p/christians-are-not-ready-for-the
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