Critical Reflections
on Mel Gibson's
The Passion of the Christ

 Articles in this Site

Ingrid Shafer: Introduction to this Site
Ingrid Shafer: The Brentano-Emmerick Connection
Ingrid Shafer: The Power of Image
Ingrid Shafer: Posts in a Beliefnet Dialogue Group
Ingrid Shafer: Messages from the Vatican2 Listserv List
James Shapiro: On the History of Passion Plays
Leonard Swidler: A Catholic Theologian's Reflection
Leonard Swidler: Response to Bishop Joseph Devine
Mark Komrad: A Psychiatrist's View
Dwayne Lanclos: A Catholic Review of the Film
Aaron Milavec: Gibson's Passion as a Flawed Profession of Faith
Ariel Bar Tzadok: An Orthodox Rabbi's Response
Barbara Walton: A Call for Mutual Understanding

Resources on the Web

The Jesus Seminar Forum
 Mahlon H. Smith: Gibson Agonistes: Anatomy of a Neo-Manichean Vision of Jesus
Arguably, the most comprehensive assessment
of The Passion of the Christ available on the Web,
with an exhaustive appendix of Web resources

Adobe Acrobat/PDF Edition of Mahlon H. Smith's
Gibson Agonistes:
Anatomy of a Neo-Manichean Vision of Jesus
ISBN 0-931214-09-2 
(Philadelphia, Ecumenical Press,  2004)  

Boston College Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
The Passion of the Christ: A Challenge to Catholic Teaching  
The Passion of the Christ: A Catholic Response
Gibson's Polarizing Passion  
Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ: Reaction and Commentary -  Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish   
"Hype vs. Hope: Some Reflections on Mel Gibson's Film on the Passion of Jesus"  
Ad Hoc Scholars Committee Analysis of the Shooting Script of The Passion

Journal of Religion and Film
Are the Gospel Passion Accounts Anti-Jewish?
Christian Anti-Semitism: Past History, Present Challenges: Reflections in Light of
Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ
The Arrest and Sentencing of Jesus: A Historical Reconstruction 
Sectarian Catholicism and Mel Gibson 

The National Catholic Reporter
Tom Beaudoin: The anti-Christian 'Passion of the Christ'

 Assorted Reviews
David Denby: Nailed
Matthew Fox: Mel Gibson's Passion and Fascism's Piety of Pain 
Jack Miles: Mel Gibson's 'Passion': What makes this film different 
Lee Ramsey: Commentary
Donald Senior, C.P. "Review of 'The Passion of the Christ'"
William Arnold: Gibson's 'Passion' leaves this critic uninspired

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