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Movie star Denzel Washington has taken on a new role — last week he received his minister’s license at a church service in New York City. The actor, most recently known for his part in “Gladiator II,” was also baptized, according to a livestream video of the event. “If [God] can do this for me, […]
That means it’s now possible to do a top ten list where many films within the faith-based space are genuinely worthy of viewing. Of course, it’s not all good. Hollywood still has trouble understanding faith. And the faith film industry, while they’ve gotten a lot better, still has a long way to go. While […]
The idea of a “saint,” or a particularly holy and good person, is ubiquitous across world history and faith traditions. Within the Christian tradition, the term “saint” was originally used to refer simply to believers. By the 10th century, the church had developed a procedure of canonization whereby a particularly exemplary Christian might be recognized […]
In an email interview with Religion Unplugged, Ma noted, “At the end of every screening, people would ask, where are the Fred Rogers of today? And I frankly didn’t know the answer. And I think all of us worried that maybe the answer was, we had moved past a time where people like that could […]