In my first appearance on the God and Comics podcast, I chat with Fr. Jonathan, Fr. Matt, and Fr. Kyle about Captain America: Civil War and the questions it raises about law and morality. When should we defy the edicts of our government? How does Captain America relate to Martin Luther King, Jr.? Listen to the podcast here #Podcast #GodandComics #Film #Superheroes

With Acculturated gone from the internet, I am reposting some of my Acculturated articles here, in their entirety. Enjoy. Quite possibly the most popular and profitable superhero of all time, Batman casts a long shadow over popular culture. The word “shadow” is not chosen unwittingly; unlike the sun-powered and brightly-colored Superman, the subject of the first post in this series, Batman is a creature of the night, a man who uses the shadows to turn fear against the fearmon