Mel Gibson's Passion and philosophy : the cross, the questions, the controversy

Mel Gibson's Passion and philosophy : the cross, the questions, the controversy /

Few - including director Mel Gibson - were prepared for the firestorm of controversy that followed the release of the long-awaited Passion of the Christ. Reviled by many, but so popular with others that the film has become one of the top grossers of all time, The Passion has sparked intense debate e...

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Other Authors: Gracia, Jorge J. E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Open Court, ©2004.
Series:Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 10.
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > Passion.
Jesus Christ.
Jesus > Passion.
Jesus Christus / Passion.
Passion of the Christ (Motion picture)
Passion of the Christ (Film cinématographique)
Passion of the Christ.
Passion of Jesus Christ.
Philosophie
Antisemitismus
The passion of the Christ (Gibson)
Controversen.
Table of Contents:
  • Who do you say that I am? : Mel Gibson's Christ / Ralph McInerny
  • Seeing the world made new : depictions of the Passion and Christian life / Mark A. Wrathall
  • Christ's atonement : washing away human sin / Jerry L. Walls
  • The focus of The passion puts the person of Jesus out of focus / Charles Taliaferro
  • Gibson's sublime Passion : in defense of the violence / William Irwin
  • God and man separated no more : Hegel overcomes the unhappy consciousness of Gibson's Christianity / James Lawler
  • Passions of the Christ : do Jews and Christians see the same film? / Thomas E. Wartenberg
  • The passion as a political weapon : anti-semitism and Gibson's use of the Gospels / Paul Kurtz
  • Is The passion of the Christ racist? : due process, responsibility, and punishment / J. Angelo Corlett
  • The passion of the Jew : Jesus in the Jewish mystical tradition / Eric Bronson
  • Pilate's question : what is truth? / William Irwin
  • How can we know what God truly means? : Gibson's take on Scripture / Jorge J.E. Gracia
  • The women who loved Jesus : suffering and the traditional feminine role / Cynthia Freeland
  • The craftiness of Christ : wisdom of the hidden God / Dallas Willard
  • The death of Socrates and the death of Christ / Gareth B. Matthews
  • Dances of death : self-sacrifice and atonement / Bruce R. Reichenbach
  • The crisis of the cross : God as scandalous / Paul K. Moser
  • Christ's choice : could it have been different? / Jonathan J. Sanford
  • Forgiving Judas : extenuating circumstances in the ultimate betrayal / Anna Lä̈nnström
  • Resist not evil! : Jesus and nonviolence / Gregory Bassham and David Baggett.

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