Color Blindness
Racialized images of Christ.
Nudity, Murder, and Euthanasia … Welcome to 2004
While critics post 2003 favorites, and 2004’s film calendar lurches into view, religious press critics consider Monster, Calendar Girls, The Barbarian Invasions.
Monsters and Nightmares Haunt Villagers and War Veterans
Shyamalan’s Village people are stalked by phantoms, while a presidential candidate is targeted by a brainwashed assassin in The Manchurian Candidate. Plus, critics praise Intimate Strangers, shoot down Thunderbirds and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, and continue reviewing I, Robot, A Cinderella Story, The Bourne Supremacy, Maria Full of Grace, and Catwoman.
The Founder of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper.
Congregation Gets Protesters, Then Cops’ Bill
Plus: Methodist locale loses tax exemption over gay ceremony stand, bad grades for Oxford’s Christian schools, Dobson nixes Thompson again, and hundreds of other stories from online sources around the world.
South Korea Orders All Aid Groups Out of Afghanistan
Plus: Military ministry video faulted, all eyes on Christian voters (in Lebanon), and other stories from online sources around the world.
‘We Could Not Reach Out to Him,’ Says Campus Crusade Leader
Plus: Supreme Court’s abortion decision, Zimbabwe gets worse, and other stories.
Insuring a Virgin Birth
Plus: 1,000 skeletons found in catacombs, paying for church attendees, and more articles from online sources around the world.
Why Catholicism Is Dying in Ireland
Plus: Billy Graham in Baltimore, the Church of England approves female bishops, NYT on Rob Bell, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Terri Schiavo, Easter, and Much More
Few weeks are as heavy on religion news, or death news, as this one.