Karen Swallow Prior on Barbie and Cultural Imagination

Think Christian: A Faith and Pop Culture Podcast

English - September 14, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutes - 34 MB - ★★★★★ - 101 ratings
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Karen Swallow Prior - TC’s Greta Gerwig correspondent - joins Josh to discuss the hilarity, profundity, and theological resonance of Gerwig’s summer blockbuster, Barbie, which is now available via video on demand.

SHOW NOTES

Karen’s book, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis - http://www.bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/the-evangelical-imagination/412270

Roslyn Hernández on ‘Barbie and Our Reason for Being’ - https://thinkchristian.net/barbie-and-our-reason-for-being

Alissa Wilkinson: ‘In the Beginning, There was Barbie’ - https://www.vox.com/culture/23800753/barbie-review-bible-eden