The goals of Popcorn Theology are:
to examine how the choices we make affect our lives, and the lives of others;
to explore how concepts such as truth and meaning are related to perspective
to understand the ways we are called to do what is right despite possible negative consequences
to consider ways our faith can help us understand our questions, seek answers and deal with the challenges of life
to learn about other faith traditions and their responses to theological and ethical issues
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Popcorn Theology
Popcorn Theology takes the concept and popularity of movie night to explore issues of theology and ethics for Unitarian Universalists. This curriculum is versatile and flexible and there are a myriad of ways congregations can use this format in their programs:
as part of Sunday morning RE classes
as a special "movie night" event
as part of an overnight event for youth
Each session has a selected excerpt which lasts approximately 15 to 20 minutes to allow for the one-hour RE format of most congregations, however, the entire movie can be shown in a longer format and used with additional suggested activities and discussion questions.
Popcorn Theology for Youth uses movies rated G, PG or PG-13 to explore theological and ethical issues with middle school or high school age youth. Some feature films included in these sessions are:
Forrest Gump Saved! Little Buddha
Bruce Almighty Hotel Rwanda Hoosiers
Dances with Wolves Field of Dreams Contact
R-rated movies to explore theological and ethical
issues. It may be used with adults, young adults
or high school age youth with parental permission. Some feature films included in these sessions are:
Dogma The Butterfly Effect
Flatliners The Green Mile
Higher Learning The Matrix
American Beauty Amistad
Blood Diamond Children of Men
