Books
Budd, Mike, Steve Craig, and Clay Steinman. Consuming Environments: Television and Commercial Culture. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 1999.
Davis, Walter T. et al. Watching What We Watch: Prime-Time Television through the Lens of Faith. Louisville, KY: Geneva Press. 2001.
Dembski, William A. Intelligent Design: The Bridge between Science and Theology.
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. 1999.
Dossey, Larry, M.D. Be Careful What You Pray For . . . You Just Might Get It. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco. 1998.
Irwin, William, Mark T. Conard, and Aeon J. Skoble. The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D’oh! of Homer. Open Court. 2001.
Mazur, Eric Michael, and Kate McCarthy. God in the Details: American Religion in Popular Culture. Routledge. 2000.
Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. Penguin. 1985.
Romanowski, William D. Pop Culture Wars: Religion and the Role of Entertainment in American Life. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. 1996.
———. Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture. Brazos/Baker. 2001.
Strobel, Lee. What Jesus Would Say. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House. 1994.
Articles
Curtis, Barbara. “Are the Simpsons ‘Okily Dokily’?” Plain Truth. January 2001.
Dark, David. “The Steeple and the Gargoyle—Celebrating the Simpsons.” PRISM. July/August 1997.
Goldberg, Jonah. “Homer Never Nods: The Importance of The Simpsons.” National Review. May 1, 2000.
Kisken, Tom. “The Gospel of Homer.” Ventura County Star. September 4, 1999.
Mathewes-Green, Frederica. “Ned Flanders, My Hero.” Beliefnet.com. February 2000.
McKenna, Kristine. “Matt Groening: The Genius Who Controls Bart Simpson (Yeah, Right!)” My Creation, May/June 2001.
Owen, David. “Taking Humor Seriously—George Meyer, the Funniest Man behind the Funniest Show on TV.” New Yorker. March 13, 2000.
Sillars, Les. “The Last Christian TV Family in America.” Alberta Report. October 21, 1996.
Todd, Douglas. “The Simpsons as TV’s Holy Family.” Vancouver Sun. December 1996.
Von Sternberg, Bob. “The Gospel according to Homer.” Twin Cities Star-Tribune. May 5, 1998.
Academic Papers and Journal Articles
Bowler, Gerry. “God and The Simpsons: The Religious Life of an Animated Sitcom.” Symposium on “The Media and Family Values” held at Canadian Nazarene College, Calgary in October 1996.
Cantor, Paul. “The Simpsons: Atomistic Politics and the Nuclear Family.” Political Theory. December 1999.
Heeren, John. “Saints and Sinners in Springfield: Religion in The Simpsons.” 2000 meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Keller, Beth. “The Gospel according to Bart: Examining the Religious Elements of The Simpsons.” Regent University, College of Communication and the Arts. September 29, 1992. Unpublished.
Trammell, Jim. “The Wages of Sin Is D’oh!: An Analysis of the Portrayals of Religion on The Simpsons.” University of Georgia, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, December 2000. Unpublished.