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Star Trek’s Spock describes his Jewish roots
ROCKVILLE, Md. (RNS) The V-shaped hand sign that made actor Leonard Nimoy famous as Mr. Spock may have seemed to be from a planet far away. But the "Star Trek" star says he created it from childhood memories of his Jewish family.
"I reached back to my early years as a child when I was...
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Bob Dylan’s religious mystique endures
(RNS) Through the 1960s, Bob Dylan was hailed as a prophet, first of folk music, then of rock 'n' roll -- at least by those who forgave him the heresy of having "gone electric."
But when rock's best-known Jew famously declared Jesus to be the answer, many fans turned on him.
For five...
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Q&A with Bishop T.D. Jakes
(RNS) Dallas megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes has produced his third movie, "Jumping the Broom," a romantic comedy set against class divisions that opens Friday (May 6), starring Angela Bassett and Loretta Devine.
Jakes, who plays Rev. James in the film and served as producer, talk...
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Thursday’s Religion News Roundup
It's the National Day of Prayer, and evangelicals are rallying on Capitol Hill this morning. POTUS, who discontinued White House prayer day ceremonies but nonetheless issued a proclamation, is headed to Ground Zero to mark the death of Osama bin Laden this afternoon.
CNN profiles th...
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Q&A with filmmaker Roland Joffe
(RNS) British film director Roland Joffe calls himself a "wobbly agnostic." But in his Oscar-winning 1986 film "The Mission" about Jesuit missionaries in South America, and the upcoming film "There Be Dragons," faith takes center stage.
"There Be Dragons," which opens on Friday (May 6...
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The Opus Dei film that isn’t really about Opus Dei
(RNS) Would you rather see a movie about a sinner or a saint?
The marketing team for the new Roland Joffe film, "There Be Dragons," is going for a little of both.
The film tells the story of St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, the founder of the Opus Dei order that was last seen on fil...
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Muslim Punk
The highlight of my week had to be watching a screening of The Taqwacores, a 2010 film about Muslim punk rockers, and the 45-minute performance that followed by Sunny Ali and The Kid, who describe themselves as Philadelphia's only Pakistani Cowboy Punk band.
It was part of the Muslim...
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Journalist claims to find nails from Jesus’ cross
JERUSALEM (RNS) An Israeli-Canadian journalist believes he may have tracked down two of the iron nails used to crucify Jesus to the cross. Or at least objects that "could be" the long-lost relics.
While researching a segment for the History Channel series "Secrets of Christianity," ho...
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Vatican paper praises fertility ethics of films
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The official Vatican newspaper has praised two recent Hollywood movies for showing the ethical downsides of sperm donation.
In the lead article in the Saturday (April 9) edition of L'Osservatore Romano, Carlo Bellieni writes in "When Cinema Tells the Truth" that the...
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Co-creator shares genesis of Mormon musical
(RNS) Matt Stone, one half the "South Park" writing duo, is not now, nor has he ever been, a Mormon. Neither is his creative partner, Trey Parker. They don't have Mormons in their family trees, despite rumors to the contrary circulating madly online and in Mormon circles.
"If we did h...
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