from Religion Dispatches
I’ve seen the previews of the film, For Greater Glory, and was not particularly impressed enough to spend dollars to see it. Having read this review of the film, from a historical perspective, it will be interesting to see how conservative Christianity in this country spins this tale into something about our current President. Two paragraphs and a link.
Religious Freedom Gets Hollywood Treatment
by Daniel Ramirez | Religion Dispatches | June 17, 2012
Just in time to influence an American presidential election comes a cautionary tale of a socialist tyrant imposing his will on the faithful of Christ to a theater near you. No, For Greater Glory, released on June 1, isn’t about cries of “religious freedom” in opposition to the requirement that health care providers cover women’s contraception. No blood has been spilled over that yet.Saints and villains may boost box office receipts but our more pluralistic context and complex times call for more careful renderings of historical stories, especially one that elicits this (desired?) reaction from an elderly viewer at my local cineplex: “Maybe this is what we need to do today.” Click here to read more.