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Religion Crashes the Oscar Party

‘Boston Globe’ religion writer notes the films’ faith themes

Christianity Today February 22, 2009

Michael Paulson, who covers religion for The Boston Globe, writes that this year’s Oscar nominees “include multiple films with a faith angle – from the Holocaust to Hinduism, with clergy sexual abuse and all sorts of good vs. evil thrown in.”

Obviously he includes Doubt in the discussion, but also includes Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader, and Milk with his observations.

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