Sara Shereen Bakhshian
Sara Shereen Bakhshian is an author at Religion News Service.
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10 Minutes With … Stephen Mansfield
By Sara Shereen Bakhshian — July 23, 2008
c. 2008 Religion News Service (UNDATED) The biggest crisis in Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign came when he was forced to distance himself from his longtime Chicago pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, when Wright’s fiery rhetoric became too hot to handle. All of which prompted the question: What does Obama really believe? Veteran author Stephen […]
New Steve Carell movie marketed to Christian audiences
By Sara Shereen Bakhshian — June 14, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service LOS ANGELES _ Talk about a Second Coming. God has returned to Hollywood, with Morgan Freeman resurrecting his role as God in a natty white suit, this time opposite Steve Carell playing a congressman-turned-modern-day-Noah in “Evan Almighty,” which hits theaters on June 22. The comedy, with its estimated $175 million […]
New Film Explores Life, Legacy of Wilberforce
By Sara Shereen Bakhshian — February 15, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News service (UNDATED) Chances are many Americans haven’t heard of him. But if U.S. evangelical leaders and others have their way, the 19th-century evangelical and abolitionist William Wilberforce soon will become a household name. A new film, “Amazing Grace,” opens nationwide on Feb. 23 to mark the 200th anniversary of the end […]
10 Minutes With … Fred Hass
By Sara Shereen Bakhshian — January 11, 2007
c. 2007 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Ever wondered what a pope smelled like 150 years ago? Dr. Fred Hass has, and now makes The Pope’s Cologne, a fragrance believed to have been worn by Pope Pius IX, who reigned for more than 30 years during the 19th century. Hass, a general practitioner from San Rafael, […]
10 Minutes With … Jean-Claude LaMarre
By Sara Shereen Bakhshian — November 30, 2006
c. 2006 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Jean-Claude LaMarre is the star/writer/director/producer of the new film “Color of the Cross,” a below-the-radar film in which he portrays Jesus Christ as a black Jew who was crucified because of his race. Not surprisingly, picturing Jesus as a black man is stirring some controversy. The Nu-Lite Entertainment production […]
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