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When a 'Sword' is hefted for belief
di Robert Abele The Los Angeles Times
When devout Christians take in an image of Jesus on the cross, what are they choosing not to see? Such is the nature of Catholic-raised author James Carroll's literary and now filmic probing into a billions-strong Christian faith he believes is long overdue an honest reckoning with its violent past as a doctrine of intolerant might begun under Roman Emperor Constantine, not to mention its currently perilous intrusions into affairs of state. [...]
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