How secular Hollywood is unwittingly promoting the Christian faith

The liberal industry is pumping religion on a scale a televangelist could only dream about

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Films with faith at their core were so numerous in 2014 that cultural commentators dubbed it Hollywood's "year of the Bible." In fact, more biblical blockbusters were released in the last 12 months than in the previous 12 years combined. And because religious audiences continue to buy tickets for these films, we can expect to see more and more spirituality and sacred scripture on the silver screen.

This year, Lionsgate is expected to finally release Mary, a prequel to Mel Gibson's smash hit Passion of the Christ. Warner Brothers is reportedly luring Brad Pitt to a starring role in a film about Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus. And Will Smith will star in The Redemption of Cain, a retelling of the biblical Cain and Abel story with a vampire twist.

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Jonathan Merritt

Jonathan Merritt is author of the book Learning to Speak God from Scratch: Why Sacred Words are Vanishing — and How We Can Revive Them and a contributing writer for The Atlantic.