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Avatar and the Myth of Originality
By S. Brent Plate -- March 2, 2010
Like all good myths, Avatar is a mashup: a mix of well-tested stories, presented in an unfamiliar way. Read more.
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Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Avatar and the Myth of Originality
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By S. Brent Plate -- March 2, 2010
Like all good myths, Avatar is a mashup: a mix of well-tested stories, presented in an unfamiliar way. Read more. -
Life as a Game Show
Reading Slum-Dog Millionaire
By Paul Courtright -- March 2, 2010
While the Oscar-nominated hit portrays very little religion, the underlying framework reveals a distinctly Hindu and Indian perspective. Read more.
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Ten Spiritually Significant Films
of the Decade
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By R. Lindsay and J. Ryan Parker -- March 4, 2010
Two documentaries, one animated and a foreign film join religious blockbusters in our top ten list of the most spiritually/theologically significant films of the past decade. Read more. -
Hooray for Hollywood
Rethinking Marriage
By Joan Frawley Desmond -- March 4, 2010
A new generation of filmmakers has rediscovered that age-old truth: "It is not good for man to be alone." Read more. link here
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By Ryan Croken -- March 9, 2010
It may be only a movie, but it is turning significant segments of its audience into eco-radicals. Read more.
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No Garden to Get Back to:
Post-Avatar Ecological Depressive Disorder
By Ryan Croken -- March 9, 2010
It may be only a movie, but it is turning significant segments of its audience into eco-radicals. Read more. link here -
Twelve Going On Adult
By Nancy French -- March 5, 2010
This book says a great deal about the universe, man's place in it, and fathers. A review of Cosmic, by Frank Cottrell Boyce. Read more.
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Judgment Day on Shutter Island
By Beth Davies-Stofka –- March 2, 2010
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In Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese confronts his audience with a profoundly moving allegory of Judgment Day, and the unsettling cry in the dark for salvation. Read more. -
The Simpsons and Christianity
A New Book Review
By J. Ryan Parker -- February 11, 2010
Jamey Heit's The Springfield Reformation, the latest scholarly book on The Simpsons, offers insights into the series that give a rather prophetic look at contemporary American religion. Read more.
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