Nina Munteanu

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Christ-Figure in Movies/Books: Grace or Redemption?

October 2nd, 2007 · 11 Comments

In one of my previous posts (Fertility–Infertility & the Environment) I got into a rather lively discussion with a fellow blogger, Erik Hare, about the tendency in Western Culture mythos (in literature and in movies, particularly) to portray the main character in fiction as Christ figure and the ramifications of this choice. Erik lamented the [...]

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Tags: Christ figure · Gnosticism · God · Ultraviolet · aeons · books · fiction · grace · harry potter · holy spirit · movies · popular culture · redemption · science fiction · the Matrix