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| Sam Harris Gets Spiritual, When Catholic Morals Controlled Hollywood, and More |
| February 19, 2015 |
Summary: He's been called arrogant, militant, and brilliant. Uber-atheist Sam Harris goes head-to-head with Maureen. Plus, we go back to an era when one of the most powerful forces in the movie business was the Catholic Church.
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| Sam Harris Gets Spiritual (But Still Hates Religion) |
February 19, 2015 |
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Along with fellow religion-haters Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris is fiercely smart and never wishy-washy. So when his new book on "waking up" to spirituality arrived in our office, we did a double take. What? Is one of the most militant leaders of the new atheism movement getting all soft on us? Not quite. The famous skeptic is just as edgy--and angry--as ever.
Sam Harris, author of Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion |
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| Sam Harris: The Full Interview |
February 20, 2015 |
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| Our complete interview with Sam Harris, author of Waking Up: A Guide to Spiriruality Without Religion and Letter to a Christian Nation. |
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| When Catholic Morals Controlled Hollywood |
February 19, 2015 |
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Before you curl up to watch the Oscars, let's go back in time to another era, when one of the most powerful forces in the movie business was none other than the Catholic Church. From 1934-1965, the Catholic Legion of Decency rated movies from the official Catholic moral perspective, giving out A’s for acceptable and B’s for objectionable. The dreaded “C” for "condemned" was reserved for movies it deemed immoral, like the 1956 dark comedy Baby Doll. From February 2014.
Thomas Doherty, professor of American Studies at Brandeis University |
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| John Mulderig, Catholic Movie Critic |
February 19, 2015 |
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As the chief film critic for Catholic News Service, John Mulderig hands out Catholic movie ratings--A's, L's, and O's--to all the major movies that hit theaters. Extreme nudity or violence will take you into L-territory, but there's only one true deal-breaker that warrants the loathsome O for "morally offensive": a clear flouting of the teachings of the Catholic Church. He spoke to senior producer Laura Kwerel. From February 2015.
Read Mulderig's review of the O-rated Fifty Shades of Grey.
John Mulderig, lead movie critic for Catholic News Service |
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