Posts Tagged ‘prodigal son’
Curtis Freeman on Undomesticated Religious Dissent
In the Bunhill Fields cemetery across from Wesley Chapel in London, there are three graves of prominent English dissenters — John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, and William Blake. Our guest this week, Prof. Curtis Freeman (Duke Divinity School), encountered these memorials a few years back and he was sent on a scholarly journey that investigated the role of “undomesticated dissent” in British and American history. He shares his findings and why a deeper understanding of these three writers are important for the context of democratic governance.
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John Errington on “A Long Way Off” and Religious Movie Making
Writer, producer, and director John Errington joins us to discuss the most recent film he directed, “A Long Way Off,” a modern telling of the story of the prodigal son. We discuss the process of film making and the role that religious themes play in our contemporary cinematic culture. Our conversation also covers how smaller, independent religiously-based films are marketed through church organizations and via “word of mouth.”
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