NEW YORK (RNS) — Studios and filmmakers are rediscovering a classic text as source material for upcoming mainstream films: the Bible. Nearly 10 years after the blockbuster success of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, which earned $611.9 million…
Increasingly, Hollywood looks to Bible for screenplay potential
NEW YORK (RNS) — Studios and filmmakers are rediscovering a classic text as source material for upcoming mainstream films: the Bible. Nearly 10 years after the blockbuster success of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, which earned $611.9 million…
Author Malcolm Gladwell describes return to faith
(RNS) — Author Malcolm Gladwell may not be known for writing on religion. His New York Times best-selling books The Tipping Point, Outliers, Blink and What the Dog Saw deal with the unexpected twists in social science research. But his…
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell describes return to faith while writing David and Goliath
(RNS) — Author Malcolm Gladwell may not be known for writing on religion. His New York Times best-selling books The Tipping Point, Outliers, Blink and What the Dog Saw deal with the unexpected twists in social science research. But his…
Values Voters place Emergent Church in same danger category as communism, Islam
(RNS) — Christian conservatives who think Satan is using communism and Islam to bring down America can add a new “adversary” to the list: the Emergent Church movement. A portion of the upcoming Values Voter Summit in Washington will stray…
Christians in Middle East say U.S. attack on Syria would be detrimental
NEW YORK (RNS) — As the Obama administration considers a strike in response to recent chemical attacks, the head of a global evangelical group said Sept. 4 that Christians in the Middle East oppose military intervention in Syria. “There is…