What drives the appeal of 'Passion of the Christ' and other films on the life of Jesus
- Written by S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Cinema and Media Studies, by special appointment, Hamilton College
A still from Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ.Courtesy 20th Century Fox.Church isn’t the only place people go to learn about Jesus.
At the beginning of Lent, 15 years ago, devout evangelical Christians did not go to church to have ashes marked on their foreheads. Rather, they thronged to theaters to watch a decidedly Catholic film to begin...
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