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A Christian Reflection on The Oscars and Lent

February 28, 2013 by John Hundley 2 Comments

On Sunday night more than 1,000,000,000 people participated in the cultural festival that is the 85th Oscar Awards Ceremony.  I can’t even begin to imagine the impact that Hollywood has on our culture’s development, and if there’s an opportune time to catch a glimpse of the dialectical conversation between the influence of the big screen […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Christopher Waltz, dialectical conversation, festival, Hollywood, James Bond, lectionary, lent, Life of Pi, Oscars, religious studies, rite of passage, ritual, story, storytelling

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