Published Articles (links)

"The Use of Cinematic Arts in Lutheran Confessional Education."  Logia:  A Journal of Lutheran Theology 30(2), Eastertide 2021.

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“Against the Heavenly Televangelists:  A Lutheran Critique of the Preaching of Joel Osteen and John Hagee.”  Logia:  A Journal of Lutheran Theology (online), October 2015.

 

“An Evil Threat to Marriage, Children and the Future:  Queer Theory, The Passion of the Christ, and Evangelical Political Rhetoric.”  Journal of Religion and Film, April 2015.

 

“The Dean Pike Show:  An Examination and Comparative Analysis of Bishop James A. Pike’s 1950s Television Show.”  Journal of Media and Religion 13(2), June 2014.

 

“The State of Media Curricula at Accredited Seminaries in the U.S.”  Journal of Media and Religion 9(3), July-September 2010.

 

 “The Bishop and the Gargoyle:  A Study of Network-Produced Prime-Time Church-Set Dramatic Old-Time Radio Programs.”  Journal of Radio Studies 7(2), Winter 2000.

 

 “A Phenomenological Study of In-Church and Televised Worship.”  Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 38(2), June 1999.

 

“Prime-Time Television’s History of the American Church:  A Critical Assessment.”  Journal of Communication and Religion 18(2), September 1995.

 

“The Flying Nun and Post-Vatican II Catholicism.”  Journal of Popular Film and Television 19(2), Summer 1991.

 

“Davey & Goliath:  The Response of a Church-Produced Children’s TV Program to Emerging Social Issues.”  Journal of Popular Film and Television 18(3), Fall 1990.

 

“Clergywomen—The Lutheran Case:  An Inside Look at Lutheran Female Clergy in America.”  The Cresset 51(6), April 1988.