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Why is U2 so popular across the globe? How much of our idea of heaven and hell is actually from the Bible? And why are we so obsessed with zombies?<\/p>\n
Such\u00a0are the questions that\u00a0Dr. Greg Garrett<\/a>, a Baylor professor of creative writing, literature, film and theology, asks in\u00a0the dozens of books<\/a> and articles he\u2019s written over the last 30 years. At Baylor, he\u2019s known as a highly sought-after professor who makes his literature classes relevant and engaging. Beyond the university, he\u2019s known as a critic and theologian who explores the intersections of literature, culture, religion and politics. And often, he finds that authentic Christian truth can be found in unlikely places.<\/p>\n In Entertaining Judgment<\/em><\/a>, Garrett shows how both Christian theology and American popular culture have attempted to answer the question, \u201cWhat happens when we die?\u201d In One Fine Potion<\/em><\/a>, Garrett writes about how man\u2019s desire to uncover deeply held truths about the world around us led to his\u00a0intense fandom of the Harry Potter series. In We Get to Carry Each Other<\/a>,<\/em> he explores why millions around the world have been so inspired by the music and lyrics of U2. And most recently, he published Living with the Living Dead<\/em><\/a>, which looks at how and why mankind has included reanimated corpses (zombies) in art, literature and culture throughout history.<\/p>\n Garrett\u2019s unique, critical look at religion and pop culture has garnered the attention of media such as Christianity Today<\/em><\/a>, Austin Monthly<\/em><\/a>, and even overseas in the Irish Times<\/a><\/em>. If you\u2019re someone who searches to deepen your faith and study how it fits into daily life, it\u2019s worth taking a look at a Greg Garrett book for yourself.<\/p>\n Sic \u2019em, Dr. Garrett!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Why is U2 so popular across the globe? How much of our idea of heaven and hell is actually from the Bible? And why are we so obsessed with zombies? Such\u00a0are the questions that\u00a0Dr. Greg Garrett, a Baylor professor of creative writing, literature, film and theology, asks in\u00a0the dozens of books and articles he\u2019s written […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-just-for-fun","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}