https://nomosjournal.org Pop Culture Made Meaningful https://nomosjournal.org/wp-content/themes/nomosvFinal/images/logo.png http://www.nomosjournal.org Wed, 01 Jan 2020 21:10:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://nomosjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/09/cropped-favicon-32x32.png https://nomosjournal.org 32 32 https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/izombie-belief-brains-and-identity/ Column: Screening Belief https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/izombie-belief-brains-and-identity/#respond Sat, 27 Jul 2019 15:00:54 +0000 Christina Wilkins http://nomosjournal.org/?post_type=column&p=3921 iZombie’s portrayal of the religious cult and its subsequent abandonment demonstrates a facet of identity politics rather than a real consideration of belief.]]> https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/izombie-belief-brains-and-identity/feed/ 0 https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/evil-and-celebrity-framing-the-ted-bundy-story/ Column: Screening Belief https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/evil-and-celebrity-framing-the-ted-bundy-story/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:37:27 +0000 Christina Wilkins http://nomosjournal.org/?post_type=column&p=3850 Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes emerges a conversation about the way in which the celebritization of the serial killer can be seen as part of a larger societal problem.]]> https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/evil-and-celebrity-framing-the-ted-bundy-story/feed/ 0 https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/whydunnit-explaining-evil-in-the-sinner/ Column: Screening Belief https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/whydunnit-explaining-evil-in-the-sinner/#respond Mon, 24 Dec 2018 16:37:10 +0000 Christina Wilkins http://nomosjournal.org/?post_type=column&p=3788 https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/whydunnit-explaining-evil-in-the-sinner/feed/ 0 https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/formations-of-power-and-belief-in-american-gods/ Column: Screening Belief https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/formations-of-power-and-belief-in-american-gods/#comments Mon, 15 Jan 2018 04:48:10 +0000 Christina Wilkins http://nomosjournal.org/?post_type=column&p=3655 American Gods presents viewers with a unique portrayal of power, belief, and the relationship between worshipper and deity. But, in doing so, does it add to discussions of faith in contemporary culture, or does it merely leave viewers with a cynical outlook towards humanity and belief? ]]> https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/formations-of-power-and-belief-in-american-gods/feed/ 1 https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/recreating-adam-westworlds-updated-creation-story/ Column: Screening Belief https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/recreating-adam-westworlds-updated-creation-story/#respond Fri, 24 Feb 2017 16:00:29 +0000 Christina Wilkins http://nomosjournal.org/?post_type=column&p=3565 Westworld is the most recent popular series to raise questions of creation, free will, and the contention between science and religion. Can we create life that imitates humanity? Would we just be “playing God?” Does this futuristic look change anything?]]> https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/recreating-adam-westworlds-updated-creation-story/feed/ 0 https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/code-and-control-religion-and-technology-onscreen/ Column: Screening Belief https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/code-and-control-religion-and-technology-onscreen/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2016 15:20:31 +0000 Christina Wilkins http://nomosjournal.org/?post_type=column&p=3527 Mr. Robot, we see a familiar interaction between technology and faith.]]> https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/code-and-control-religion-and-technology-onscreen/feed/ 1 https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/pills-or-prayers-madness-and-religion-onscreen/ Column: Screening Belief https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/pills-or-prayers-madness-and-religion-onscreen/#respond Sun, 19 Jun 2016 06:03:53 +0000 Christina Wilkins http://nomosjournal.org/?post_type=column&p=3442 https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/pills-or-prayers-madness-and-religion-onscreen/feed/ 0 https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/faith-grief-and-leftover-trauma/ Column: Screening Belief https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/faith-grief-and-leftover-trauma/#respond Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:35:49 +0000 Christina Wilkins http://nomosjournal.org/?post_type=column&p=3404 https://nomosjournal.org/columns/screening-belief/faith-grief-and-leftover-trauma/feed/ 0