{"id":7270,"date":"2004-05-18T08:22:12","date_gmt":"2004-05-18T08:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/the_passion_and_young_people.html"},"modified":"2004-05-18T08:22:12","modified_gmt":"2004-05-18T08:22:12","slug":"the_passion_and_young_people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/the_passion_and_young_people.html","title":{"rendered":"The Passion and Young People"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Loyola Chicago prof looks at the appeal<\/a><\/p>\n

Loyola University Chicago recently held an excellent panel discussion on The Passion. A Bible scholar critiqued the film\u2019s historical and scriptural accuracy; a Jewish professor responded to the film\u2019s alleged anti-Semitism; and two doctoral students in theology\u2014an Evangelical Christian minister and a Catholic laywoman\u2014offered their own thoughts. (He praised it, albeit with reservations, while she was very disturbed by it.) The panel was well attended by undergraduates and some neighbors from around the university. During the question period, most of the student audience voiced strong, positive reactions to the film that often seemed at odds with the critical tone of the scholarly participants. Although the panel\u2019s conclusions seemed sound to me\u2014that the movie is not biblically accurate, that it at least flirts with anti-Semitism, that it overindulges in violence\u2014I wondered why the panelists\u2019 remarks were so out of sync with the experience of most of the students. As I continued the discussion in the classroom, it was obvious that my students couldn\u2019t understand why the criticism of the film failed to recognize that it was, in one student\u2019s words, \u201ca sacred event\u201d in their lives. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Loyola Chicago prof looks at the appeal Loyola University Chicago recently held an excellent panel discussion on The Passion. 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