New Article at the Da Vinci Dialogue

Check out the latest, an article titled "Hollywood Be Thy Name: The Uneasy History of Faith and Film," by Craig Detwiler, Associate Professor and Chair of Mass Communications at Biola University in La Mirada, CA. He is also a screenwriter and co-author of the book, A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture. Here's the lead:

My classes begin with two words on the board, "church" and "Hollywood." Students associate the word "church" with judgment, hypocrisy and intolerance. "Hollywood" conjures up notions of greed, evil, and immorality—‘sin city.’ Such dichotomous labeling fuels both sides of the ongoing culture wars.

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The Da Vinci Dialogue, 20.02.06