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A mystical skeptic: Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the Border between Science and Spirituality ****
On this Easter weekend, Christians consider the proposition that a crucified Jew who troubled the Roman authority was raised from the dead to promise eternal, redemptive life to his followers. On this Passover weekend, Jews consider the proposition that an invisible God, through the agency of a prince of Egypt, redeemed them from bondage into a land promised to them eternally.
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Hanks versus Cruise -- the Battle of the Toms *
Does a star's personal philosophy and off-screen behaviour affect box office receipts? How far can a star push the limits of public endurance before a backlash is felt? Does the controversy of a film outweigh its strength as a story, or as entertainment? These, and other questions are about to be answered in coming weeks, as we see how well The Da Vinci Code fares in its opening next week, as measured against the already faltering Mission: Impossible III.
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The real conspiracy of The Da Vinci Code (Garber commentary) *****
In the beginning, there was the book. And the book was The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown's juicy thriller involving the Holy Grail, violent sects, wild sex, a Vatican-sanctioned cover-up and, at its heart, the core belief that "almost everything our fathers taught us about Christianity is false."
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