Luther, starring Joseph Fiennes, is yet another great film on Church and State. We watched it this weekend at our house, and I heartily recommend it.
Cheers, Rick DuncanRick Duncan Welpton Professor of Law University of Nebraska College of Law Lincoln, NE 68583-0902"When the Round Table is broken
I appreciate the contributions on relevant films. My suggestion is a
less obvious choice: Woody Allen's
"Sleeper" (1973). It is less obvious, but it strikes at political
control and the inept revolutionaries. It does not deal
specificallywith religion, for the future group characters deal
At 10:52 AM 8/12/05 -0700, you wrote:
By the way, if any of you are interested in buying The Believers episode
of Bablon 5 by itself, it is available cheap in VHS on Half.com. See
http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?cpid=2042064pr=3286150here. By
the way, I get no royalties for sales of Bab
Here by the way is a very nice summary of Babylon 5 "The Believers" episode.
RickRick Duncan Welpton Professor of Law University of Nebraska College of Law Lincoln, NE 68583-0902"When the Round Table is broken every man must follow either Galahad or Mordred: middle things are gone." C.S.Lewis,
films on
church and state
There is a fantastic episode of the Babylon 5 television series called The
Believers which I use as an introduction to Free Exercise in my Religion
and the Constitution class. It is available on this
DVD of the First Season of Babylon 5. The episode concerns an alien
I read the summary Rick directed us to, and I'm a bit puzzled. The
doctor intervened in a situation where (the summary says) "there are
only two options--surgery or
death." As a result of the intervention, the alien boy's physical life
is preserved, but in the end his parents kill him because,
Bob Jarvis and I are editing a casebook on
law and film which Lexis will publish next year.
Christine Corcos
Associate Professor of Law
Faculty Graduate Studies Program Supervisor
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies
Understanding why the outcome of this Babylon 5 episode was a "disaster"
actually teaches an important point about the free exercise clause, I think.
Prof. Tushnet's analysis is almost purely utilitarian, noting that the outcome
was death either way. But, making the outcome the same either
who view themsleves as bound to a divine sovereign) and not at all subject to the sovereignty of the state?
sandy
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There's Becket (1964).
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How about the great Ken Russell film "The Devils"?I haven't seen it in a long while, and some people hate it, but it was once on my personal top five list. Here's the IMDB description: "Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry entourage seek to take control of pre-rennaisance France, but need to
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There's Becket
(1964).
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I suppose "The Three Musketeers" is a bit over the top for this.I'm sure there's a good Henry VIII film too, though Becket serves this aspect well, it seems.On Aug 11, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Douglas Laycock wrote: Anyone have a good idea on this query from my librarian: Doug, are you aware of any
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Anyone have a good ideaon this query from my
librarian:
Doug, are you aware of any movies dealing
with separation of church and state? I can't think of
anything but Inherit the
There are scenes from various movies that are relevant to church-state
issues. For example, with regard to the recent discussion on the list of
the role of military chaplains, there is a scene from one of the great old
James Cagney war movies (I'm pretty sure it's called something like The
The Crucible perhaps.
Frances R. A. Paterson, J.D., Ed.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Educational Leadership
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA 31698
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