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This category consists of films in which religion is an important part of their subject matter. Religion defibed as a social-cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements. [1
The Second Great Awakening exercised a profound impact on American religious history. By 1859 evangelicalism emerged as a kind of national church or national religion and was the grand absorbing theme of American religious life. The greatest gains were made by the very well organized Methodists.
The American film industry has been producing movies based on Bible stories since 1897: The Horitz Passion Play (1897) was the first Passion play to be shown in the United States. [1] One of the earliest biblical films was the 1903 production of Samson and Delilah, produced by the French company Pathé.
5. Set It Off (1996). Cast: Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise Rating: R Directed by F. Gary Gray, Set It Off paints a clear picture of how a deeply flawed and racist ...
Members of the Penobscot Nation in Maine present the difficult history of around 70 cases of government-endorsed scalping of Indigenous people. [16] Video link: 55 Days in Peking: 1963 The Boxers oppose the westerners in China in an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian movement. Brave New Land: 2000 Portuguese colonial lives in 18th ...
Movies aimed at religious audiences have come a long way since the cheesy special effects of 1956's The Ten Commandments. The latest biblical blockbuster, Noah (from Viacom's Paramount), brought ...
Watercolor representing the Second Great Awakening in 1839. The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals in American Christian history.Historians and theologians identify three, or sometimes four, waves of increased religious enthusiasm between the early 18th century and the late 20th century.
Will the Oscars answer “Conclave’s” prayers? Edward Berger’s mystery thriller has been one of the buzziest films to emerge from the fall festivals. Adapted from Robert Harris’ 2016 novel ...