A TV God for the age of anxiety
Joe Morton, left, and Brandon Micheal Hall star in "God Friended Me," in which Hall’s character, Miles Finer — the atheist son of an Episcopal priest, played by Morton — receives a friend request from God on social media. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Wenk/CBS Broadcasting Inc.
(RNS) — The surprise success of the CBS show 'God Friended Me' has some media watchers wondering whether the small screen is on the cusp of a religion renaissance.
