{"id":25875,"date":"2010-10-18T16:59:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T20:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/the-simpsons-and-religion\/"},"modified":"2010-10-18T16:59:39","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T20:59:39","slug":"the-simpsons-and-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2010\/10\/the-simpsons-and-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Simpsons and Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"simpsons<\/a>In the last few days the Catholic and secular media have picked up a story in L’Osservatore Romano<\/i>, the Vatican newspaper, on the famous show, “The Simpsons.” To me, the show is OK social commentary and therefore not for young audiences. The show is now in its 22nd season and broadcast to 90 countries. The claim is that Homer J. Simpson is Catholic. Well…. The Jesuit periodical, La Civiltà Cattolica<\/i> published last week Jesuit Francesco Occhetta’s essay, “‘The Simpsons’ and Religion.” For what’s it’s worth, here is the p<\/span>récis of the article says:<\/span><\/p>\n


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“Today, even after 24 television series and a blockbuster movie, the Simpsons
\nare still breaking records: the program is watched by 100 million viewers, in
\n90 countries worldwide. The story of the life of a regular family, of a
\ncross-section of American society and individual problems are the reasons why
\nviewers identify themselves with The Simpsons. This article also examines the
\nrelationship between the protagonists of this American sitcom and religion. “The Simpsons” are among the few television programs for young people in which,
\nalthough sometimes treated with a certain superficiality, the Christian faith,
\nreligious practice and the question of God are recurring themes.” <\/span>(Copyright © La Civiltà
\nCattolica<\/i> 2010 IV 140-149 issue 3848)<\/span><\/div>\n

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You’ll have to get a subscription to <\/span>La Civiltà Cattolica<\/i><\/span> to read the whole thesis. I am not sure I’d bother unless you’re a Catholic culture-vulture.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the last few days the Catholic and secular media have picked up a story in L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, on the famous show, “The Simpsons.” To me, the show is OK social commentary and therefore not for young audiences. The show is now in its 22nd season and broadcast to 90 countries. The … Continue reading The Simpsons and Religion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1778,2432,2537],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}