Pray the Devil Back to Hell (DVD)
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the inspiring story of a group of ordinary women who came together – Muslim and Christian, rich and poor, urban and rural – to end a bloody...
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Will the PBS series ‘Wolf Hall’ tarnish St. Thomas More’s halo?
Sir Thomas More loses his head in this Sunday’s episode (April 26) of the acclaimed PBS historical drama, “Wolf Hall,” which is not much of a spoiler since that’s what infamously happened to More...
Raging Devil: DAREDEVIL and the Failure of Imagination
In several places, Daredevil fans of the religious persuasion, have claimed that an understanding of Matt Murdock’s Catholic faith is integral to a deeper appreciation of the story. It’s true that Matt had a...
Content Television Takes On Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus
Content Television has secured the international distribution rights for the feature-length documentary Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus, in which filmmaker Timothy Mahoney chronicles an archeological investigation in Egypt as his team attempts to corroborate...
How Catholic is ‘A.D. The Bible Continues’?
“A.D. The Bible Continues,” a 12-episode series that premieres on NBC at 9 p.m. on Easter Sunday, is the latest in a string of faith-based projects that actress/producer Roma Downey and husband Mark Burnett...
Religious leaders unite to plead to ABC board
Almost 30 religious leaders have united to plead with the ABC board to refrain from planned cuts to the national broadcaster’s coverage of religion, which they say is “crucial in the life of our...
Paradise, The Promised Land, and Identity of/in Doctor Who
The first episode of the season 8 of the current Doctor Who TV series intertwined three topics of interests: the nature of paradise, the search for the promised land and the question of true...
Summer Silliness: Sharknado 2 & Black Jesus
I like Black Jesus because it suggests a Jesus that has human habits, tastes, and even foibles, and is still a loving and even admirable figure. This is a necessary corrective. I firmly believe...
False choice in True Blood (Season 7, episode 7)
In this week’s episode of True Blood Sarah, a deeply misguided character hallucinates that two of her past, now dead, mentors/lovers are vying for her soul. It mocks two and a half religions pretty well....
Cross and Snake in True Blood
In the sixth episode of the current season of True Blood, titled Karma, there was a powerful scene with strong iconography: on a white cross, an African-American woman with snake around her neck was practicing glossolalia,...