On Watching Theology, Joe and Melissa take a single film and examine it closely, looking at the assumptions and ideas in the story. Every episode considers the theological, philosophical and thematic elements of a film, listening closely to what the author has to say, and interacting with those ideas. (It's more fun than it sounds).

Joe watches too many movies. He grew up in central Washington, earned his B.A. in Education and Fine Art, an M.A. in Theology and currently works in the printing industry. During school, he fit in a few film classes. He is interested in writing, theology and hopes to one day compose the ultimate Joe Versus the Volcano commentary track.

Melissa has a B.A. in History and an M.A. in English with an emphasis on Film Studies. She has taken classes on everything from silent to romance to post-colonial films and much in between. Her research and interests lie mainly in feminist film theory, women in film, Hitchcock and the studio era. At the end of the day, however, she just loves films; from Notorious to Die Hard!

Go to watchingthedirectors.com for more from Joe and Melissa.

Show DescriptionWatching Theology

Watching Theology: a new podcast

Watching Theology April 12th, 2007

From the creators of Watching the Directors comes a new podcast that is bound to be of interest to at least one or two people…. On those off weeks, when you really want to destroy your favorite films by talking about the theological and philosophical content, we provide you with the ultimate solution: Watching Theology. In this show, Joe and Melissa look at the theological, philosophical and thematic content of a single film, often from a director covered on Watching the Directors.

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5 Responses to “Watching Theology: a new podcast”

Mike May 24th, 2007

That sounds great, I will subscribe immediately I love that kind of stuff, it mixes my two favorite things. Mars Hill church does a film and theology sessiong where they watch the movie together and then discuss the theology I really like that too.

Geoduck Joe May 24th, 2007

Mike,

We're already up and running - actually having just completed our third program. You can go over to watchingtheology.com or even go to iTunes to subscribe.
The Mars Hill stuff is pretty interesting also. I think our greatest departure from that is that we're a bit less interested in finding corollaries between popular culture and Christianity. Rather, I think it's interesting just to dig into a movie and listen to what it says, even if it's wildly wrong.
Hope you like the show.
Joe.

Mark May 24th, 2007

Hi Joe (and Melissa!) - I enjoyed the first episode about Pulp Fiction. I haven't seen that movie in years - you have made me want to check it out again. Keep up the good work on both shows.

MW

Mike May 25th, 2007

I listened to the Pulp Fiction show today, I really enjoyed it. thanks for doing this, I'm gonna try to watch the other ones before I listen I havn't seen them yet.

Geoduck Joe May 25th, 2007

Mark and Mike,

Thanks! I'm glad you both enjoyed the "Pulp Fiction" episode. Let us know what you think of the others, when/if you get around to it!

Thanks for listening,

Melissa

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