
Kutter Callaway
Associate Professor of Theology and Culture
BS, University of Colorado
MAT, Fuller Theological Seminary
PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary
Courses Taught
TC530: Theology and Film
TC533: Theology and TV
TC581: Worship, Theology, and the Arts Touchstone
TC588: Engaging Independent Film
TC849: A Theology of General Revelation
TC867/567: The Aesthetics of Atheism
TC860: Theology and Culture Methods
Campus Affiliations
Areas of Expertise
Theology and culture, theological aesthetics, public theology, media and technology, film, music, television and audiovisual culture, the church in contemporary culture
Videos
“If theology and the Christian faith are going to be intelligible or make sense to anyone in the modern world, it really has to come from a place of being conversant with culture. We need to honor and respect the things we’re engaged in dialogue with just as if it were a person sitting across a coffee table from us.”
Click here to learn more about Dr. Callaway’s work on the intersection of theology and culture.
Bio
Kutter Callaway is associate professor of theology and culture and co-director of Reel Spirituality. He is actively engaged in writing and speaking on the interaction between theology and culture—particularly film, television, and online media—in both academic and popular forums.
Dr. Callaway’s most recent books are The Aesthetics of Atheism: Theology and Imagination in Contemporary Culture (Fortress Press, 2019) and Deep Focus: Film and Theology in Dialogue (Baker Academic, 2019). Past books include Breaking the Marriage Idol: Reconstructing our Cultural and Spiritual Norms(InterVarsity Press, 2018), Watching TV Religiously: Television and Theology in Dialogue (Baker Academic, 2016) and Scoring Transcendence: Contemporary Film Music as Religious Experience (Baylor University Press, 2013). In addition, he contributed to God in the Movies (2017); Halos and Avatars (2010), the first book on theology and video games; and Don’t Stop Believin’ (2012), a dictionary of religion and popular culture.
Callaway co-chairs the Religion, Film, and Visual Culture group at the American Academy of Religion. He is also on the scripted TV advisory board for Engage Entertainment in L.A., and worked with MGM studios’ Lightworkers media to produce a web-based TV series called “Get Read.” His professional memberships include the American Academy of Religion, American Psychological Association, Society of Biblical Literature, and Society for Pentecostal Studies. He is ordained as a Baptist minister.
The Kutter Callaway Podcast is an ongoing conversation with artists, writers, thought leaders, and experts exploring the various ways in which culture and faith (or the lack thereof) inform and give rise to one another. Listen on Soundcloud or subscribe via iTunes.