Amazing Grace, an overdue tribute to British abolitionist William Wilberforce, opens nationwide today. The film is well worth seeing, particularly if you’re unfamiliar with the Wilberforce story. Like with almost every movie I see, I had some artistic quibbles with it. (And I’m not snooty: I’m hoping to see Reno 911 tonight.) But most surprising to me was how little religion was included in a movie about someone so religiously influenced. Charlotte Allen, who has the same problem, reviewed the film for The Wall Street Journal:
Mormons against Romney
At first glance, the one constituency you would think former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney had locked up would be the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormons. Romney is of course a practicing Mormon.
Old time religion in The Atlantic
As part of The Atlanticfocuses on faith and religion. The feature has been going on for 13 issues with various archival experts in honor of the magazine’s 150th anniversary. The full texts of some articles are available here.
Is the religious right dead?
Jim Wallis, Sojourners founder and author of God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It, has a provocative piece in Time this week pronouncing the end of the religious right.
Rome on the rise in England?
Patron saint of evangelicals
The New York Times‘ Alan Riding reviewed the new film Amazing Grace in Sunday’s paper. I had the opportunity to see an early screening of the film a month ago and have been eager for media reviews.
What's 33 years between friends?
I suspect I’m not alone in being weary of Ted Haggard media coverage. But I thought I might mention another recent piece because so many readers sent it in and because it points to a few larger sins in journalism.
Again, what about the religious left?
The two controversial bloggers hired by the presidential campaign of John Edwards have quit after people complained that they had written some things that were anti-Catholic. No, they weren’t fired. They went on their own accord:
Mormons, misconceptions and media myths
Here we go again. It’s time to take another look at mainstream coverage of the White House campaign of Mitt Romney.
