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EASTER FEATURE: America’s impressions of Jesus come from film rather than Bible
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ It's spring again: gentle rains, yellow tulips, Easter.
As soon as the grass begins to green, TV and cable networks nationwide roll away the stones that seal their movie archives to rerun an array of films that depict the life, death and res...
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COMMENTARY: Help for coping with the ineffective TV-rating system
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Frederica Mathewes-Green is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. She is the author of"Facing East: A Pilgrim's Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy"(HarperCollins), and a frequent contributor to Christianity Today magazine.)
UNDATED _ Deep in...
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COMMENTARY: When did Halloween become politically-incorrect for Christians?
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is publisher of Religion News Service and has been known to pilfer candy from her children's trick-or-treat bags.)
UNDATED _ A goofy-looking ghost banner flies over our porch. Some silly pumpkins grin from our front windows. There'...
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COMMENTARY: Give me that old time millennialism
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is author of ``Turn Toward the Wind'' and publisher of Religion News Service.)
UNDATED _ For many people, all this talk about the millennium simply means a great excuse for a party. Others see it as a marketing opportunity. And the...
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More cinematic Buddhism
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) _ If"Seven Years in Tibet"whets your appetite for films about Tibetan Buddhism, check out the following movies available on video:
_"The Razor's Edge."Like"Seven Years,"an adaptation of a book, this time W. Somerset Maugham's story of a rich y...
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NEWS REVIEW: Mother Teresa TV biography is a mediocrity
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ At some future Academy Awards ceremony perhaps, Oliver Stone's four-hour, cast-of-millions epic ``Mother Teresa'' will win Best Picture for its unflinching, Kitty Kelley-like profile of the saint-to-be and Jennifer Jason Leigh will cop Best Ac...
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COMMENTARY: During the holidays, the tension between religion and culture intensifies
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Tom Ehrich is an Episcopal priest in Winston-Salem, N.C., an author and former Wall Street Journal reporter. E-mail him at journey(at)interpath.com)
UNDATED _"Holiday stress"hadn't reached the Blue Ridge when 10 singers stopped recently for breakfast...
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NEWS FEATURE: Sudden Discovery of Jewish Roots Can Be Disorienting
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) When revelations about the religious background of Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright surfaced, many people suspected she had known all along of her Jewish roots. A woman of Albright's intellect, they surmised, must have questioned her p...
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COMMENTARY: In Hollywood, religion is a pacifier, salvation an entitlement
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Bob Campbell is the film critic for the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger.)
UNDATED _ An astronaut seeking links to eternity. The Dalai Lama, twice over. A foul-mouthed Virgin Mary. A preacher claiming sanctuary in heaven from his crimes on Earth.
These ar...
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COMMENTARY:“What’s Going On”: New book tells it like it really is
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ In my work as a prison chaplain, I have discovered the most effective crime prevention message is often delivered by those who have"been there, done that."A perfect example is a new book,"What's Going On"(Random House), by Nathan McCall.
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