S2 Ep1150: Sex, Violence, Profanity, and the Death of Christian Art: Josh Porter

Joshua S. Porter is pastor of teaching and creative vision at Van City Church in Vancouver, Washington. He is also a former member of the experimental art-punk band, Showbread, and the author of the novel Punk Rock Vs. the Lizard People. His most recent book is With All Its Teeth: Sex, Violence, Profanity, and the Death of Christian Art, which examines a biblical theology of art. Find out more and connect with Joshua at joshuasporter.com. In this podcast conversation, we talk a lot about how Christians should think through offensive themes in movies and music. We discuss the genre of horror and why it's intrinsically spiritual. We talk about Christian themes in secular movies and music, the meaning of "Christian" music and film, whether sex and nudity in films should also be rejected, the theme of nudity in historic Christian art, and some problems with contemporary "Christian" worship music. Support Theology in the Raw through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theologyintheraw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices