Faithful Viewer
5 faith moments to watch for in Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 4, 2020
(RNS) — Spirituality has been part of Beyoncé’s journey, from singing ‘Amazing Grace’ and a gospel medley on albums with Destiny’s Child to embodying the divine feminine from a number of religious traditions in her recent visual albums and appearances.
Aretha Franklin sings sweet sounds, recalls roots in ‘Amazing Grace’ documentary
By Adelle M. Banks — April 24, 2019
(RNS) — The long-awaited documentary was delayed for almost five decades in part because of technical issues.
DeVon Franklin produces faith films while guiding men through #MeToo movement
By Adelle M. Banks — April 1, 2019
(RNS) — ‘I challenge every man to not look at the #MeToo movement as a women's movement,’ said Franklin. ‘It's not. We need to be a part of this movement.’
In new book, Rachel Held Evans gets ‘Inspired’ by the Bible
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 15, 2018
(RNS) — In her fourth book, Evans explores what the Bible is and how it’s read. She describes its origin stories and resistance stories, investigates their contexts and interpretations and even retells a few along the way.
Christian group asks Netflix to pull ‘13 Reasons Why’ after teen suicides
By Mark A. Kellner — April 11, 2018
(RNS) — The American Family Association and other critics say the popular series, which will soon begin its second season, glamorizes suicide.
Kristin Chenoweth draws on her faith to give voice to a mouse in ‘The Star’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 4, 2017
(RNS) — The actress gives voice to Abby, a creature not mentioned in Scripture but who is charged to convey the excitement of the news of the birth of Christ.
New film on Mark Twain highlights his religious doubts
By Kimberly Winston — October 16, 2017
(RNS) — A trip to the Holy Land in 1867 launched Twain from local journalist to international satirist and cemented his skepticism of organized religion.
From ‘Mean Streets’ to Marian miracles: Harvey Keitel to star in Fatima movie
By David Gibson — May 19, 2017
(RNS) The announcement follows a papal trip to the Portuguese shrine and continues a big month for the story of the Marian apparitions that occurred 100 years ago.
Religion reading list: Back from the beach edition
By Kimberly Winston — September 26, 2016
(RNS) But there’s still no reason reading about religion can’t be fun with this list of new books with major religion themes or storylines — but minus any preaching or proselytizing.
3 new September shows with religion subplots
By Brandon Ambrosino — September 13, 2016
(RNS) 'The Exorcist, 'The Good Place' and 'This Is Us' have something in common.
‘Free State of Jones’ is a movie based on the Bible as well as history
By Kimberly Winston — June 24, 2016
(RNS) Matthew McConaughey stars as a rebel among Civil War rebels who was inspired by scripture but who was not exactly a saint.
Ewan McGregor explores the humanness of Jesus
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 4, 2016
(RNS) “Last Days in the Desert,” which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015 and opens in theaters nationwide May 13, stars McGregor as both Jesus and the devil.
‘The X-Files’ draws backlash with Islamic terrorism plot
By Aysha Khan — February 17, 2016
(RNS) Critics are calling Scully and Mulder’s latest adventures with magic mushrooms and tired Muslim terrorist tropes a serious misstep for “The X-Files” reboot.
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