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CURRICULM VITAE
William D. Romanowski
Professor Calvin College - Communication Arts and Sciences
DeVos Communication Center
1810 East Beltline Avenue SE
Grand Rapids , MI 49546-5951
616-526-8527
FAX 616-526-6601
romw@calvin.edu
www.calvin.edu/~romw/  

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 1990 Bowling Green State University
American Culture Studies
Dissertation: Rock'n'Religion: A Socio-cultural Analysis of the Contemporary Christian Music Industry
Non-Service Fellowship Award, 1989-90
M.A. 1981 Youngstown State University
English
B.A. 1976 Indiana University of Pennsylvania
English
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Present: Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
Calvin College
Grand Rapids , Michigan 49546
1992-96 Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
Calvin College
1989-92: Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
Calvin College
1988-89: Visiting Faculty Fellow
Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship
Calvin College

CURRENT PROJECTS
Reforming Hollywood: Protestants and the American Film Industry

PUBLICATIONS

Academic Books

Pop Culture Wars: Religion and the Role of Entertainment in American Life . 3 rd edition. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996)
Reviews: Publishers Weekly, Christian Century, Christian Scholars Review, Libraries and Culture, Third Way, Journal of Popular Culture, Books & Culture
Dancing in the Dark: Youth, Popular Culture and the Electronic Media. (et al.). (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Williams B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1991). This publication is the result of a collaborative effort of six Fellows in the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship 1988-89
Reviews: The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Southwestern Journal of Theology, Christian Century, Michigan Academician
Risky Business: Rock in Film. (with R. Serge Denisoff). (New Brunswick: Transaction Books, 1991)
Reviews: Journal of Communication, Journal of Popular Culture, Film Quarterly

Popular Books

Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture. Grand Rapids , MI : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Books, rev. and exp. ed., 2007. Chinese-language edition, Hong Kong (FES Publishing Department, forthcoming)
Reviews: Third Way Café, Media Matters, Mennonite Media, Journal of Media and Religion

Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture. Grand Rapids , MI : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Books, 2001. 2002 Winner ECPA (Evangelical Christian Publishers Association) Gold Medallion Award, Christianity and Society. Brazos Press Best Seller, 2001. Korean-language edition (Korean InterVarsity Press, 2004), English-language edition, Philippines (Claretian Communications, 2004)
Reviews: Christian Retailing, Moody, CCM Magazine, Youthworker, Library Journal, CBA Marketplace, Publishers Weekly, Group Magazine, Midwest Book Review, The Mennonite, Crosspoint, Prism, Christian Week, Circuit Rider Reviews, Chalcedon Report, The Discerning Reader, Reformation and Revival Journal, Stone-Campbell Journal, Religious Studies Review. Equip for Ministry, Homelitic, Critique, The Reformed Theological Review, Journal of Religion & Popular Culture

Refereed Journal Essays

"Easier Said Than Done: On Reversing the Hermeneutical Flow in the Theology and Film Dialogue ” (with Jennifer L. Vander Heide, McGregor Summer Research Fellow ), Journal of Communication and Religion 30:1 (March 2007): 40-64 (pdfversion)
“John Calvin Meets the Creature from the Black Lagoon: The Christian Reformed Church and the Movies 1928-1966,” Christian Scholars Review 25:1 (September 1995): 47-62
“Oliver Stone's JFK : Commercial Filmmaking, Cultural History and Conflict,” Journal of Popular Film & Television 21:2 (Summer 1993): 63-71
“Move Over Madonna: The Crossover Career of Gospel Artist Amy Grant,” Popular Music and Society 17:2 (Summer 1993): 47-68
“Roll Over Beethoven, Tell Martin Luther the News: Evangelicals and Rock Music,” Journal of American Culture 15:3 (Fall 1992): 79-88
“Katzman's ‘Rock Around the Clock': A Pseudo-event?” (with R. Serge Denisoff), Journal of Popular Culture 24:1 (Summer 1990): 65-78
“The Pentagon's Top Guns: Music and Movies” (with R. Serge Denisoff), Journal of American Culture 12:3 (Fall 1989): 67-78
“Money for Nothin' and the Charts for Free: Rock and the Movies” (with R. Serge Denisoff), Journal of Popular Culture 21:3 (Winter 1987): 63-78

Chapters in Edited Collections

“Evangelicals and Popular Music: The Contemporary Christian Music Industry,” Religion and Popular Culture in America , eds. Jeffrey H. Mahan and Bruce Forbes ( Los Angeles : University of California Press, 2000): 105-24
“‘Take Your Girlie to the Movies': Dating and Entertainment in Twentieth-Century America ,” Religion, Feminism and the Family , eds. Ann Carr and Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen. The Family, Religion, and Culture. Don S. Browning and Ian S. Evison, Series Eds. (Philadelphia: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996)
“‘You Talkin' to Me?': The Christian Liberal Arts Tradition and the Challenge of Popular Culture,” Keeping Faith: Embracing the Tensions in Christian Higher Education (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996)
“The Joys Are Simply Told: Calvin Seerveld's Contribution to the Study of Popular Culture,” Pledges of Jubilee: Essays on the Arts and Culture in Honor of Calvin G. Seerveld , eds. Lambert Zuidervaart and Henry Luttikhuizen (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1995)
“Contemporary Christian Music: The Business of Music Ministry,” American Evangelicals and the Mass Media , ed. Quentin J. Schultze (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, Academie Press, 1990)

Columns, Articles and Op-Eds in Periodicals

“Missing the Big Picture,” USA Today , February 6, 2006: 17A (pdf version)
“Seeing With the Eyes of Faith: Evangelicals and the Film Arts,” Perspectives . February 2004: 19-23
“Melodrama, Sentimentality, and Scripture,” Christianity and the Arts . 8:2, Spring 2001: 12-15
“Pilgrims on Planet Hollywood ,” Articulate: The Journal of the Arts Centre Group . 3, 2000: 5-10
“Playing the Culture Club,” CCM Magazine . May 1998: 45-47
“Where's the Gospel?,” Christianity Today . December 8, 1997: 44-45
“Boycotts, Baptists, and NYPD Blue ,” Theology, News and Notes (October 1997): 14-17
Dynamics of Youth Culture,” in Art AD 2000 , vol VI. (A collection compiled from the Sixth Symposium at the SBI Conference Centre in Holland , August 17-23, 1996, which was also the 16th Christian Artists Seminar. This conference was organized with the support of EZA (European Centre of “workers questions”) and the Commission of the European Communities)
“Pop Culture Wars,” Prizm . July/August, 1997: 25-7
“Venturing Into Virtual Reality,” The Banner . June 3, 1996: 24. Reprinted in Ministry Exchange: The Staff Newsletter for the Coalition for Christian Outreach . September 1997: 4-5
“Gospel's Groping: God or Green?” (with Quentin J. Schultze), The Banner. July 13, 1992: 16-7
“Calvin's Heirs Meet Madonna and the Terminator,” The Banner. February 3, 1992: 16-17
“Amy Grant: Her Heart's in Motion, but Where's It Headed?” The Banner. November 18, 1991: 16-17
“Praising God in Opryland” (with Quentin J. Schultze), The Reformed Journal 39:11 (November 1989): 10-14
“Summer Movies: Sizing Up the Teenage World,” The Banner , July 31, 1989: 16-17
“Whitney Houston: Drawing from the Well,” The Banner, November 16, 1987: 20. (record review)
“Make It Last Forever,” The Banner , October 27, 1986: 22 (record review)
“Music Video: Too Hot to Handle?” Contemporary Christian Magazine. July 1985: 14-18. Reprinted in The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Magazine 11.3 (March 1986) and Covenanter Witness (August 1986)

Reviews and Notices

Catching Light: Looking for God in the Movies by Roy M. Anker. Grand Rapids , MI : Eerdmans, 2005, in The Christian Century , June 14, 2005: 36-7
Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music by Jay R. Howard and John M. Streck. Lexington , KY : University Press of Kentucky , 1999 in Perspectives , January 2002: 9-13
The Catholic Crusade Against the Movies, 1940-1975 by Gregory D. Black. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998 in Christian Scholars Review , XXX: 3 (Spring 2001): 365-67
Pre-Code Hollywood : Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934 by Thomas Doherty. New York : Columbia University Press, 1999 in The Review of Communication 1 (2001): 103-107 (http://www.natcom.org/ROC/one-one/Romanowski.htm)
Woke Me Up This Morning: Black Gospel Singers and the Gospel Life by Alan Young. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi , 1997 in Popular Music and Society . 23.2 (Summer 1999): 123-25
The (Magic) Kingdom of God : Christianity and Global Culture Industries by Michael Budde. Boulder , CO : Westview, 1997 in Christian Scholar's Review . 29:1 (1999): 227-28
The Grotesque in Art and Literature: Theological Reflections edited by James Luther Adams and Wilson Yates. Grand Rapids : Eerdmans, 1997 in Calvin Theological Journal 34:1 (1999): 265
Adversaries of Dance: From the Puritans to the Present by Ann Wagner. Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 1997 in Calvin Theological Journal 33:2 (November 1998): 556-8
Material Christianity: Religion and Popular Culture in America by Colleen McDannell. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1995 in Calvin Theological Journal 31:2 (1996): 583-5
Present Tense: Rock & Roll and Culture . Anthony DeCurtis, ed. Durham , NC : Duke University Press, 1992 in Popular Music and Society 17:4 (Winter 1993): 132
Rockin' the Boat: Mass Music and Mass Movements . Reebee Garofalo, ed. Boston : South End Press, 1992 in Popular Music and Society 17:4 (Winter 1993): 137-8
Rock Formation: Music, Technology, and Mass Communication by Steve Jones. Newbury Park , CA : Sage Publications, 1992 in Popular Music and Society 17:4 (Winter 1993): 142-4
Hollywood Vs. America : Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values by Michael Medved. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 1992 in Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought 8:5 (May 1993): 19-21. Excerpted in Context: A commentary on the interacton of religion and culture 25:13 (1 July 1993): 4-5
Hollywood Vs. America : Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values by Michael Medved. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 1992 in Grand Rapids Press , Sunday, October 25, 1992: B11
God's Schools: Choice and Compromise in American Society by Melinda Bollar Wagner. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 1990 in Journal of American Culture 14:3 (Fall 1991): 97
"Film and Popular Music" by Gary Burns. In Gary R. Edgerton, ed., Film and the Arts in Symbiosis: A Resource Guide. New York : Greenwood Press, 1988 in Popular Music and Society 13:3 (Fall 1989): 100-2
Platoon (movie review) in Popular Music and Society 12:3 (Fall 1988): 116-19
Tarnished Gold: The Record Industry Revisited by R. Serge Denisoff with William L. Schurk. New Brunswick : Transaction Press, 1986 in Journal of Popular Culture 21:2 (Fall 1987): 151-2

Creative Projects

Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture Video Series. A three-part DVD series based on the book of the same title. 2002 Aegis Award Winner (previous winners include NBC News, Warner Bros. Pay-TV, ESPN2 and the Discovery Channel); 2002 Communicator Award of Distinction

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

National Endowment for the Humanities, Awards Panelist, Summer 2007
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Media and Religion, September 2006
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture , April 2006
External Supervisor, Doctoral Student Directed Reading, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2005
Manuscript Reviewer, Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation, April, 2005
Manuscript Reviewer, InterVarsity Press, Fall 2001
Manuscript Reviewer, Calvin Theological Journal, Fall 2000
Manuscript Reviewer, Temple University Press, 2000
Director, Calvin College Semester in Britain Program, Spring 1999
Visiting Professor, Masters in Higher Education Program, Geneva College , Spring 1995, 1998
Consultant, McDougal Littell Video Series on World History (1998)
Consultant, Gospel Music Association (1997)
Advisory Editor, Popular Music and Society , 1988-present
Manuscript Reviewer, Baker Book House, 1996, 1997
Executive Committee, "The Arts, Community, and Cultural Democracy," Calvin College , Grand Rapids , MI , August 1995
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Communication and Religion , 1993
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of American Culture , 1992
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Popular Culture , 1992
Board Member, Pittsburgh Christian Arts Company, 1984

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and Faculty Research Award, 2009
Calvin Research Fellowship, 2007-08 (course release)
Calvin Research Fellowship, 2006-07 (course release)
Calvin Research Fellowship, 2005-06 (course release)
Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, 2004-05 (travel and project expenses)
Named Distinguished Visiting Professor of Communication, Spring Arbor University, 2003-2004
Selected for inclusion in The Contemporary Who's Who , 2002-03
Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture Video Series. 2002 Communicator Award of Distinction and 2002 Aegis Award Winner
Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture. 2002 Winner ECPA Gold Medallion Award, Christianity and Society
Selected for inclusion in Michigan Association for Media Education, 2002
Honored Member America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals 2001-2002
Selected for inclusion in Strathmore's Who's Who Registry and Global Network , 2000 - 2001 Edition
Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship Grant, 2000-2001 (travel and project expenses)
Calvin Research Fellowship, 2000-2001 (course release)
Calvin College Alumni Association Research Grant (for travel related to research), Summer 2000
Calvin Research Fellowship, Summer 1998 (course release)
Pop Culture Wars: Religion and the Role of Entertainment in American Life . 1996 Cornerstone Book Awards, “Arts & Culture”
Calvin College Alumni Association Research Grant, 1995-96 (for travel to Greenbelt '96 Festival in England, August 24-26, 1996)
Calvin College Alumni Association Research Grant, 1994-95 (for travel to International American Culture/Popular Culture Association Conference, July 24-28, 1995, Oxford, England)
Selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who in the Midwest , 24th edition, 1993, and subsequent editions
Selected for inclusion in Michigan Association for Media in Education , 3 rd edition, 1993, 4 th edition, 2001
Calvin Research Fellowship, Summer 1993 (course release)
Billy Graham Center Archives Research Grant, Wheaton College, Summer 1992 (to visit the archives to conduct primary research)
Calvin College Alumni Association Research Grant, 1991-92 (for travel to various archives and conventions)
Dancing in the Dark: Youth, Popular Culture and the Electronic Media . First runner-up for the Christianity Today Critic's Choice awards in the contemporary issues division, 1992
Non-Service Fellowship Award in the Department of American Culture, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1989-90
Research Fellowship, Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1988-89
Peter J. Steen Award 1988 (cash stipend)
Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Program, Thomas F. Staley Foundation, 1991-2001

PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

“Protestant Film Awards and the 1965 Controversy over Pawnbroker and The Greatest Story Ever Told ,” National Popular Culture & American Culture Associations, March 19- 22, 2008, San Francisco, CA
“Will Haysing Protestantism: A Study of Events in the Decline of Protestant-Hollywood Relations, 1922-1931,” Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, March 6-9, 2008, Philadelphia, PA
“Principle and Restraint: Protestant/Christian Negotiation with the Film Industry after World War II,” Society for Cinema and Media Studies, March 8-11, 2007, Chicago , IL
“Film and Theology in Dialogue: A Critical Appraisal,” American Culture Association, April 12-15, 2006, Atlanta , GA
“Theologizing About Film: On Reversing the Hermeneutical Flow” (with Jennifer L. Vander Heide), Michigan Academy of Science, Arts & Letters, Annual Meetings, March 3, 2006, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
“Protestant Efforts to Reform the Movies in the Post-World War II Period,” Popular Culture Association Conference, April 16-19, 2003, New Orleans , LA
“Pilgrims on Planet Hollywood: Christian Scholarship and Popular Culture” (panelist), Christian Scholarship…for What?: An International Interdisciplinary Conference, Calvin College , September 27-29, 2001, Grand Rapids , MI
“The Cowboy's New Clothes: The Western in Hollywood Today,” Dimensions of the West. A conference inaugurating the Dirk and JoAnn Mellema Program in Western American Studies, April 18-19, 1997, Calvin College
“Entertainment, Evangelicals and Cultural Conflict,” Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference, March 25-28, 1996, Las Vegas , NV
“The Internationalization of Hollywood and Its Effects on Film Production,” International Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference, July 24-28, 1995, Oxford , England
“American Christianity and ‘Worldly' Amusements,” Popular Culture Association Convention, April 12-15, 1995, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
“Take Me Out to the Opera: Leisure and the Culture Clash,” Conference on Christianity, Sport, and Leisure, Calvin College , January 7-9, 1993
“Oliver Stone's JFK : Commercial Filmmaking as Cultural History,” Speech Communication Association Convention, October 29-November 1, 1992, Chicago , Illinois
“Move Over Madonna: The Crossover Career of Gospel Artist Amy Grant,” Popular Culture Association Convention, March 18-21, 1992, Louisville , Kentucky
“Dancing in the Dark: Teaching Media in a Media World,” Speech Communication Association Convention, October 31-November 3, 1991, Atlanta , Georgia
“Rock'n'Religion: American Evangelicals and Rock Music,” Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference, October 17-19, 1991, Cleveland , Ohio
“Synergizing Rock Music” (with R. Serge Denisoff), Midwest American Culture Association Conference, November 3-5, 1988, Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green , Ohio
“Contemporary Christian Music: The Business of Music Ministry,” Evangelicals, The Mass Media and America Culture, September 28-October 1, 1988, Wheaton College , Wheaton , Illinois
“The Pentagon's Top Guns: Music and Movies” (with R. Serge Denisoff), American Culture Association Convention, March 23-26, 1988, New Orleans
“Contemporary Christian Music as a Reflection of American Evangelicalism” Popular Culture Association Convention, March 25-29, 1987, Montreal , Canada
“Money for Nothin' and the Charts for Free: Rock and the Movies” (with R. Serge Denisoff), American Culture Association Convention, March 25-29, 1987, Montreal , Canada

INVITED LECTURES, COMMENTARIES, AND SYMPOSIA (SELECTED)

Imago Film Festival, Judson University, Chicago, IL, April 2009
Annual Communication Studies Lecture, Eastern University, St. Davids, PA, March 2009
C.S. Lewis Summer Institute, Oxbridge 2008 Conference, Oxford/Cambridge, July 28-August 8, 2008
Annual FOCUS Series, Keynote Address, Spring Arbor University , Spring Arbor, MI, March 2007
Michigan Association of Non-Public Schools , Grand Rapids , MI , October 2006
Heartland Christian Educator's Convention, October 2006, Sioux Center , Iowa
Northwestern College, Orange City , Iowa
“Faith on Film: A Search for God and Meaning in Contemporary Film” (Panel Discussion), Butler Center for Faith and Vocation, Butler University , Indianapolis , IN , February 2006
Francis A. Schaeffer Lectures, Francis A. Schaeffer Institute and Covenant Seminary, St. Louis , MO , October 2005
New Zealand Lecture Series
Eastgate Christian Centre, Auckland (May 23, 2005)
Knox College , Dunedin (May 27, 2005)
Bible College of New Zealand (May 30, 2005)
Wellington Central Baptist Church (June 2, 2005)
Carey Baptist College , Block Course, Theology in Film (June 7-11, 2005)
Faith Works in Communication, a conference sponsored by Pathways and funded by the Lily Foundation, Bluffton University , Bluffton , OH , February 2005
Spring Arbor University , January, 2005
Dotson M. Nelson, Jr. Lectureship on Religion in Life, Samford University , Birmingham , AL , October 2004
Interdisciplinary Studies Conference, King's University College , Edmonton , Alberta , Canada , September 2004
Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture, Lansing , MI , April, 2004
David Iftody Memorial Lectures, Providence College , Otterburne , Manitoba , Canada , February 2004
Redeemer Lecture Series, Redeemer University College , Hamilton , Ontario , Canada , January 2004
Spring Arbor University , January, 2004
City of Angels Film Festival, Panelist, Los Angeles , CA , October, 2003
Reel Spirituality Conference, Los Angeles , CA , October, 2003
Michigan Association of Non-Public Schools , Detroit , MI , October 2003
Christian Schools International Leadership Convention, Orlando , FL , July, 2003
Festival of Faith and Music, Calvin College , Grand Rapids , MI , March 2003
Michigan Association of Christian School Administrators, February 2003
Spring Arbor University , January, 2003
The Ruth Memorial Series on the Arts and Culture, sponsored by the Institute for Christian Studies and Imago, Toronto, Canada, May 2002
Georgetown College Pastors Conference, Lexington , KY , April 2002
Christian Parenting Conference, Keynote, Grand Rapids , MI , March 2002
Celebration of Faith and Art, Moody Bible Institute, February 2002
Christian Educators Association Convention, South Bend , IN , October 2002
City of Angels Film Festival, Los Angeles , October 2001
Christian Artists Seminar, The Netherlands , August 2001
Greenbelt Festival , England , August 2001
Cornerstone Festival, Bushnell , IL , July 2001
Veritas Forum, Hope College , January 11-13, 2001
City of Angels Film Festival, Los Angeles , November 2000
Woods Lecturer, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, April 2000
Gospelcom.net Semi-Annual Conference, Chicago, September 1999 (plenary speaker)
Arts Centre Group, London , England , June 1999
New College, Edinburgh University , Scotland , March 1999
St. John's College , Durham University , England , March 1999
Mid-America College Health Association Conference, Grand Rapids , MI , November 1998
Fresno Pacific University , Fresno , CA , October 1998
Southwest Christian Teachers' Association Convention, Visalia , CA , October 1998
Christian Retreat Center of Korea , Seoul , Korea (Sponsored by 21st Century Christian Culture Forum), August 1998
Soong Shil University , Seoul , Korea (Sponsored by six Christian evangelical organizations of Korea), August 1998
CCM Conference of Korea '98, Sokcho , Korea (Sponsored by Praise Minister's Association of Korea), August 1998
Wangshipri Presbyterian Church, Seoul , Korea, August 1998
Seo Moon Presbyterian Church, Tae-gu , Korea, August 1998
Postmodernism and Contemporary American Higher Education, Keynote Address, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA, May 22, 1998
Evangelical Press Association Convention, Chicago , IL , April 1998
Gospel Music Association Convention, Nashville , TN , April 1998
Forester Lecture Series, Huntington College , Huntington , IN , October 1997
Christian Educator's Association, District 11, Lethbridge , Alberta , Canada , October 1997
“Leadership in a Time of Intergenerational Tension,” 19th Annual Conference Jointly Sponsored by Fuller Theological Seminary and Christ Church of Oak Brook, Oak Brook, IL, October 1997
Wright Lectures, Morningside College , Sioux City , Iowa , October 1997
Messiah College , Grantham , Pennsylvania , September 1997
Christian Artists 23rd Annual Seminar in the Rockies, Estes Park, CO, July 1997
Cornerstone Festival, Bushnell , IL , July 1997
Christian Educators Association Convention, South Bend , IN , October 1996
14th Annual Growing As A Catechist Conference, October 19, 1996, Aquinas College , Grand Rapids , MI
“Free Press, Free Speech, Free Society: What's Out of Line On-Line.” An Open Forum and Panel Discussion Co-sponsored by Schuler Books & Music, The Community Media Center and WYCE 8.1FM, October 1, 1996, Grand Rapids , MI
Christian Artists Seminar, The Netherlands , August 1996
Greenbelt ‘96 Festival , England , August 1996
Popular Culture and the Church Approach the Third Millenium, The 55th Annual Summer School of Religion , Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, June 9-14, 1996
Wednesday Forum: Public Discussion of Contemporary Issues, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 1996
Christian Parenting in the '90s (March 2, 1996 conference sponsored by Pine Rest Christian Hospital, GRCSA, Christian Counseling Center, Wedgwood Youth & Family Services and Bethany Christian Services)
North West Christian Schools International-Christian Principals and Administrators Conference, 1995
North West Christian Schools International-Christian Teachers Association of British Columbia , Convention 1994
Michigan Association of Non-Public Schools Educational Conference 1994
Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Program:
Warner Pacific College , Portland , Oregon , March 2001
Covenant College , Lookout Mountain , Georgia , February 2001
Dordt College , Sioux Center , Iowa , February 1998
Lyon College , Little Rock , Arkansas , March 1997
Regent University , Virginia Beach, Virginia, February 1997
Milligan College , Milligan College , Tennessee , February 1997
Whitworth College , Spokane , Washington , April 1996
Trinity Christian College , Palis Heights , Illinois , April 1994
Messiah College , Grantham , Pennsylvania , September 1992
Malone College , Canton , Ohio , November 1991
Westminster College , New Wilmington , Pennsylvania , October 1991
Christian Educators Association Convention , Alberta , Canada , October 1992
Christian Schools International Convention, Toronto , Ontario , Canada , August 1992
International Christian Video Symposium, Dallas , TX , June 1992
Institute for Christian Studies Conference, "Waking Up the Neighbors," March 1992
“Culture Wars” Series, Hillsdale College , March 1992
Christian Educators Association Convention, October 1991
Association of Christians in Student Development Conference 1989
Jubilee Conference (2002, 2001, 1995, 1994, 1992, 1991, 1989, 1984, 1982, 1979, 1978)

CITATIONS

Books

 

Michael Robert Miller, Doing More With Life: Connecting Christian Higher Education to a Call to Service (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007)
Richard G. Kyle, Evangelicalism: An Americanized Christianity (New Brunswick: Transaction, 2006)
Steve Brown, What Was I Thinking?: Things I've Learned Since I Knew It All (New York: Howard Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, 2006)
Mitali Perkins, Ambassador Families: Equipping Your Kids to Engage Popular Culture (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2005)
Peter Krämer, The New Hollywood: From Bonnie and Clyde to Star Wars (London: Wallflower, 2005)
Christopher Deacy, Faith in Film: Religious Themes in Contemporary Cinema (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2005)
Pauline Reay, Music in Film: Soundtracks and Synergy (London, New York: Wallflower, 2004)
MR Duffy Robbins, This Way to Youth Ministry: An Introduction to the Adventure (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2004)
Janet K. Halfyard, Danny Elfman's Batman: A Film Score Guide (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2 nd rev. and exp. ed., 2004)
Alex Field, HP The Hollywood Project: A Look Into The Minds Of The Makers Of Spiritually Relevant Films (Orlando, FL: Relevant Books, 2004)
Noël E. Carroll, Engaging the Moving Image (New Haven : Yale University Press, 2003)
Leonard I. Sweet, Brian D. McLaren, Jerry Haselmayer, A Is for Abductive: The Language of the Emerging Church (Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan, 2003)
Alan Wolfe, The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Live Our Faith (New York : Free Press, 2003)
Lynn Schofield Clark, From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the Supernatural (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003)
John C. Lyden, Film as Religion: Myths, Morals, and Rituals (New York: New York University Press, 2003)
Kay Dickinson, Movie Music, the Film Reader (New York: Routledge, 2003)
Thomas Schatz, Hollywood: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 2003)
Chris Jordan, Movies and the Reagan Presidency: Success and Ethics (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003)
D. G. Hart, That Old-Time Religion in Modern America: Evangelical Protestantism in the Twentieth Century (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2002)
Stewart M. Hoover and Lynn Schofield Clark, eds., Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media: Explorations in Media, Religion (New York : Columbia University Press, 2002)
Randall Balmer and Lauren F. Winner, Protestantism in America (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002)
Jon Lewis, The End of Cinema as We Know It: American Film in the Nineties (New York : New York University Press, 2001)
Colleen McDannell, Religions of the United States in Practice (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001)
Bruce J. Schulman, The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics (New York : Free Press, 2001)
Arthur Knight and Pamela Robertson, Soundtrack Available: Essays on Film and Popular Music (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2001)
Suzanne Keen, Romances of the Archive in Contemporary British Fiction (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001)
David Lyon, Jesus in Disneyland: Religion in Postmodern Times (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2000)
Jay R. Howard and John M. Streck, Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1999)
Marjorie B. Garber and Rebecca L. Walkowitz, eds., One Nation Under God?: Religion and American Culture (New York: Routledge, 1999)
Leonard Sweet, Soultsunami: Sink Or Swim in New Millennium Culture (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999)
Robert H. Krapohl, Charles H. Lippy, The Evangelicals: A Historical, Thematic, and Biographical Guide (Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1999)
Charlie Peacock, At the Crossroads: An Insider's Look at the Past, Present, and Future of Contemporary Christian Music . Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1999
Walt Mueller, Understanding Today's Youth Culture (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1994, 1999)
Noël Carroll, A Philosophy of Mass Art (New York: Oxford, 1998)
Stephen Neale and Murray Smith, eds., Contemporary Hollywood Cinema (New York: Routledge, 1998)
Jeff Smith, The Sounds of Commerce: Marketing Popular Film Music (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998)
David F. Wells, Losing Our Virtue: Why the Church Must Recover Its Moral Vision (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998)
George Marsden, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997)
Rodney Clapp, A Peculiar People: The Church as Culture in a Post-Christian Society (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996)
Justin Wyatt, High Concept: Movies and Marketing in Holllywood (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1994)
Charles Musser, History of the American Cinema: The American Screen to 1907 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994)
Edited by Ray B. Browne and Ronald J. Ambrosetti, eds., Continuities in Popular Culture: The Present in the Past and the Past in the Present and Future (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993)
Erling Jorstad, Popular Religion in America: The Evangelical Voice (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993)
Larry Andrews, Language Exploration & Awareness: A Resource Book for Teachers (White Plains, NY: Longman, 1992)

Journal Essays

David M. Johnstone, Review of Pop Goes Religion: Faith in Popular Culture by Terry Matttingly. Nashville, TN: W. Publishing, 2005 in Christian Scholars Review 35:4 (Summer 2006): 551-53
Theodore A. Turnau, III, “Reflecting Theologically on Popular Culture as Meaningful: The Role of Sin, Grace, and General Revelation,” Calvin Theological Journal 37 (2002): 270-296
David R. Shumway, “Rock'n'Roll Sound Tracks and the Production of Nostalgia.” Cinema Journal 38:2 Winter 1999: 36-51
“Trash the TV?: An Internet Discussion Between Terry Mattingly and S. M. Hutchens,” Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity , January/February 1998, 12
Michael E. Eidenmuller, “Contemporary Religious Music Preferences and Audience Orientation: Do the Lyrics Really Matter?” Journal of Communication and Religion 19:2 (September 1996): 37-46
Frank Manchel, “A Reel Witness: Steven Spielberg's Representation of the Holocaust in Schindler's List ,” The Journal of Modern History 67 (March 1995): 83-100
John Edgar Reid, Jr. “The Use of Christian Rock Music by Youth Group Members,” Popular Music and Society 17:2 (Summer 1993): 33-45

Media

Helen T. Gray, “Players and Prayers: A Goal for Conservative Christians; ‘Friday Night Lights' scores a touched for KC-connected script writer,” Kansas City Star , November 4, 2006
Jen Waters, “Gospel of the Fab Four,” The Washington Times , August 30, 2006, A2
Dan Gilgoff, “Evangelicals Engage,” U.S. News & World Report , May 22, 2006, 50
Jocelyn Green, “Are Filmmakers Paying Attention to Christian Audiences?” Today's Pentecostal Evangelical , December 11, 2005, 6-8
Mark Pinsky, “Confronting the ‘Code' : Not all religious conservatives are casting stones at the film version of the best-selling book,” Orlando Sentinel , January 28, 2006, http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-davinci2806jan28,0,414065.story?track=mostemailedlink
Andrea Useem, “Faith—Believe in the Best,” Washington Examiner , October 27, 2005
Gerald I. Zelizer, “TV's Take on Religion,” USA Today , April 13, 2005: 13A
Mark I. Pinsky, “An academic conference at UCF examines how sacred ideas are presented at the movies and in popular culture,” Orlando Sentinel , Orlando, FL, April 3, 2005: F1
Emma Jackson, “Nightclub has good, clean fun Triune features Christian-themed music, no smoking or drinking,” The Ann Arbor News , Monday, May 3, 2004
PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, America's Evangelicals: Part Three: Evangelicals and Culture , April 30, 2004, Episode no. 735
Darren Barbee, “‘Passion' Spotlights Religious Differences,” Star Telegram , Fort Worth, TX, February 15, 2004
Bob Dutko, “Talk with Bob Dutko,” WMUZ, Detroit, MI, February 3, 2004
Sara Olkon, “Christian night spots stressing fun, not flesh,” Miami Herald , July 13, 2003
Randy Myers, “Sign of the apocalypse? No, just the market,” Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA), May 10, 2003: 4
Craig Havighurst, “Prayer Rather Than Politics Expected At Dove Awards,” The Tennessean , April 9, 2003
Nathan Bierma, “Resistance Movement,” Books & Culture , January/February 2003: 39
Kristin E. Holmes, “First Friday, with a Christian tint…,” The Philadelphia Inquirer , November 10, 2002, CITY-D: B05
Vinay Menon, “Collateral image: Tinseltown continues its long tradition of backing Washington in wartime, but how far should it go?” The Toronto Star , October 28, 2001: D6
Melissa Slager, “Take 2: Calvin Prof Bill Romanowski Examines Pop Culture.” Calvin College Spark , Fall 2001, 19-21
George Varga, “Lifestyle Attack On America: Songs In The Key Of Solace.” The San Diego Union-Tribune , September 24, 2001, D-1, 3 (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/currents/news_mz1c24music.html)
LZ Granderson, “Movies Times 2,” Grand Rapids Press , August 5, 2001, B1, B12
Lance Gould, “Pop Culture is Embracing the Mafia As Never Before,” New York Daily News , July 1, 2001, 5
“Don't Have a Sacred Cow, Man,” Lingua Franca , April 2001, 7
Nancy Haught, "'West Wing' and a Prayer," Portland Oregonian , February 20, 2001: D01
Emily McDonald, "Popular Culture and Christianity the Topic of Staley Lecture Series at Covenant College," Chattanooga Times Free Press , February 10, 2001: F5
John Dart, "Simpsons Have Soul," The Christian Century , January 31, 2001: 12-14
Berta Delgado, "Church tacking dot.com onto name: Grapevine pastor sees technology as tool for expanding his ministry," The Dallas Morning News (Metro), January 14, 2001: 35A
Brian McTavish, “Take the Family and Flinch: A Lot of Wholesome Hollywood Movies Aren't So Wholesome After All,” The Kansas City Star , December 15, 2000, Metropolitan, 28. Also ran in such papers as The Houston Chronicle , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , Albany Times Union (NY), and others
Jamie Allen, "Recurring Beatlemania," CCN.com http://www.cnn.com/2000/books/news/10/16/recurring.beatlemania/index.html
Lorne Behrman, “P.O.D. Does God Rock?” CMJ: New Music Monthly . June 2000: 43-46
John W. Kennedy. “Redeemed Bad Boys of the WWF,” Christianity Today . May 22, 2000: 70-3
Steve Rabey, “Pop Music Gets Religion, And For Some It Sells,” Religion News Service, Chicago Tribune , Friday, November 19, 1999, sec. 2, 8
“Our Unoriginal Sin,” Christianity Today , November 15, 1999: 31
Mark I. Pinsky, “The Gospel According To Homer Even With Its Irreverent Humor, ‘The Simpsons' Portrays God And Christianity In A Positive Light,” The Orlando Sentinel , Sunday, August 15, 1999, G1
Peter Chattaway, “Greatest Stories Ever Told Return to Pominence,” Faith Today May/June 1999: 40-42
Dale McGarrigle, “Rock of Ages,” Bangor Daily News , 1 May 1999
Lisa Zhito, “God Takes Center Stage: Hollywood Tackles the Almighty. Should We Be Worried?” Profile April/May 1999: 38-44
Lisa Zhito, “The Prince Goes to the Market,” Profile. December 1998/January 1999: 33-35
Alana Baranick, “Gospel Goes Pop and Country…and Vice Versa,” The Plain Dealer , April 23, 1998, 1-E, 4-E
Terry DeBoer, “Music vs. Ministry a Dilemma, Says Prof,” Grand Rapids Press , April 23, 1998, E5
Christopher Ave, “Breaking Camp: Christian Singer Stirs Up Industry With Campaign For Change,” Dallas Morning News , February 21, 1998, 1G
Pat Shellenbarger, “*#&!!@%*$#! MANIA,” Grand Rapids Press , January 28, 1998, C1
Lori Buttars, “Contemporary Christian Performers Make Joyful Noise,” The Salt Lake Tribune , December 27, 1997, C1-2
Christopher Ave, “Amy Grant Gets Real...,” Dallas Morning News , December 13, 1997, 1G
Kimberly Winston, “Graham Lets Spirit Rock His Flock,” Tri-Valley Herald (Fremont, CA), October 23, 1997, A-1, A-9
Charles Honey, “Religion Meets Pop Culture,” Grand Rapids Press , October 4, 1997, B2
Tom Murphy, “Fiction Offers Look at Future's Fortunes,” Anderson Independent-Mail , August 11, 1997, 8A
Paul Galloway, “The New Crusades,” Chicago Tribune , August 4, 1997, sec. 2, 1, 5 Reprinted as “War Against ‘Immoral' Pop Culture Nothing New,” Newport News (Virginia Daily Press), August 30, 1997
Tom Maurstad, “Dark Vision of ‘Blade Runner' Lingers On,” Dallas Morning News , July 20, 1997
Suzanne Cassidy, “Spirituality: Rock's Refrain Again Turns To Religion,” The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg , April 20, 1997: E1
Susan Postema, “Worshiping ‘The King',” The Banner , July 29, 1996: 24
William R. Macklin, “A legend's legacy,” Detroit Free Press , April 22, 1996, D1
William R. Macklin, “From HAL to the Terminator...,” Philadelphia Inquirer , City & Region, February 18, 1996 [Online]. URL http://www.phillynews.com/packages/chess/CHES18.htm
Murray Dubin and Jennifer Weiner, “Anti-Semitic lyrics alleged in new album of Michael Jackson,” The Philadelphia Enquirer , June 16, 1995: A2
LaSchon Harris, “Retro Rock,” The Grand Rapids Press , July 13, 1994: B1
Ed Golder, “Learn a lesson from Groucho,” The Grand Rapids Press , June 6, 1992, B1
Julie Brown, “Looking back: It can be fun, educational,” The Observer Newspapers , January 30, 1992: 1C
Laurie M. Grossman, “For Video Sales, It's a Green Christmas,” The Wall Street Journal , December 24, 1991: B1

MEDIA INTERVIEWS/APPEARANCES

John Hall & Stephanie Fraschetti, WORD-FM 101.5 Pittsburgh, PA, June 14, 2007
Matt Conner, Infuze , May 25, 2007, <http://www.infuzemag.com/interviews/books/william_romanowski/>
“The Busted Halo Show with Father Dave Dwyer,” The Catholic Channel, Sirius Satellite Radio, May 3, 2007
Gerry McCarthy, “The Social Edge Interview: Author William Romanowski,” The Social Edge.com , April 2007, < http://thesocialedge.com/articles/gerrymccarthy/index1.shtml?a2>
Father Ronald Lengwin, KDKA New Talk, Amplify, Pittsburgh, PA, March 4, 2007
Rebellion of Thought , Paladin Media Group, 2006
Paul Edwards, “On the Word,” WMUZ, Detroit, MI, January 14, 2004
Rachael Kohn, “The Spirit of Things,” Australian Broadcasting Company, October 12, 2003
Larry Olson, Bridge Radio, San Francisco, CA, April 1, 2003
Tim Wildmon and Marvin Sanders, American Family Radio Network, Tupelo, MS, March 3, 2003
Ted Elm, WWJC, Duluth, MN, February 26, 2003
Dave Schwartz, WMUZ, Detroit, MI, July 7, 2001
“Television's Influence On Our Culture,” The Massachusetts School of Law Educational Forum,” Andover, MA, June 19, 2001
Rick Wilson, "Considering 'Family Fare'," Grand Rapids Press , April 2, 2001, D1
Nancy Haught, "Religion and Pop Culture: Do They Mix?" Portland Oregonian , March 20, 2001: E1, E3
Dick Staub, The Dick Staub Show, Culture Watch Feature , 820 KGNW, Seattle, WA, February 6, 2001
Mark Galli, "The World Behind the Movie," Christianity Today , February 5, 2001: 36-38.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/002/4.36.html)
Mark Gilman, WMUZ, Detroit, MI, November 18, 1999
Cindy Kent, Premier Christian Radio, London, England, June 4, 1999
Byungdoo Jang, Pastoral Ministry and Theology (Mokwhehwa Shinhak) 112 (October 1998): 212-14
Ha Duk-Kyu, Christian Broadcasting Company, Seoul, Korea, August 1998
Far East Asian Broadcasting Company, Seoul, Korea, August 1998
Suzi Geha, "Front and Center" Segment of Live at Five , WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, MI, May 15, 1998
Dawn Picken, “ Seinfeld Finale,” Channel 8 News, WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, MI, May 14, 1998
David Moore, KIXL, Austin, TX, February 28, 1998
Han Erwin, WDJC, Birmingham, AL, September 24, 1997
Al Kresta, WDEO, Ann Arbor, MI, August 19, 1997
Chris Fabry, “Open Line,” Moody Broadcasting Network, August 5, 1997
Fred Bodimer, World of Religion (nationally syndicated), KMOX, St. Louis, MS, August 5, 1997
Dave Schwartz, WMUZ, Detroit, MI, August 4, 1997
Steve Strout, WHCF, Bangor, ME, June 19, 1997
Noel Jesse Heikkinem, Michigan Family Forum, April 11, 1997
Mark Halverson, WWIB, Chippewa, WI, March 17, 1997
Kevin Bullard, KPBC, Dallas, TX, December 11, 1996
Mark Skalberg, KCBR, Colorado Springs, CO, November 22, 1996
Neil Boren, WDCX, New York, November 18, 1996
The Late Steve Brown Show , The Christian Network, Inc., Clearwater, FL, November 10, 1996
Herman and Sharron Bailey Show , Action Sixties, Christian Television Network, Clearwater, FL, November 8, 1996
Dick Staub, The Dick Staub Show, WYLL, Chicago, IL, October 25, 1996
Bob Meyering, Calvin Forum, Grand Rapids, MI, October 9, 1996
Al Kresta, WMUZ, Detroit, MI, September 24, 1996
Suzi Geha, “Front and Center” Segment of Live at Five , WOOD-TV, Grand Rapids, MI, August 2, 1996
John Walters on Michigan NPR run simultaneously on WVOM (Ann Arbor), WFUM (Flint) and WVGR (Grand Rapids), July 31, 1996
Discussion and Critical Commentary of Youth Culture Issues in Judy Blain, “What's My Role?: Youth Roundtable Discussion with Bill Romanowski,” Team: A Magazine for YCF Leaders (Winter 1994): 4-8
(with Quentin J. Schultze) “Communication and Culture,” The Cutting Edge (October-November 1993): 2-7

 

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