The Passion of the Christ

Useful links:

Margaret M. Mitchell, "Special Gibson"

http://marty-center.uchicago.edu/sightings/archive_2004/0311.shtml

Paula Fredriksen, "History, Hollywood, and the Bible: Some Thoughts on Gibson's Passion"
http://www.sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleId=22

Paula Fredriksen, "The Gospel According to Gibson: Mad Mel"

http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?pt=80VDpXe%2BtUVYgZguKgNQvB%3D%3D

John Dominic Crossan, "Hymn to a Savage God"

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/140/story_14099_1.html

John Dominic Crossan, "Loosely Based on a True Story" http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/index.cfm/action/tikkun/issue/tik0403/article/040312a.html [Available via EBSCO]

Philip A. Cunningham, "Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ: A Challenge to Catholic Teaching"

http://www.bc.edu/research/cjl/meta-elements/texts/reviews/gibson_cunningham.htm

Rabbi Benjamin Blech, "Mel Gibson and The Jews"

http://www.aish.com/societyWork/society/Mel_Gibson_and_the_Jews.asp

Janet I. Tu, "'Passion: The Gospel According to Mel Gibson"

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001863907_gospels24m.html

Soren Anderson, "A Challenging Figure for Filmmakers to Depict Jesus"

http://www.tribnet.com/entertainment/at_the_movies/story/4777912p-4722074c.html

Tim Callahan, "Who Really Killed Jesus?"

http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/archives/2004/04-02-23.html

Resources on Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ

http://www.bc.edu/research/cjl/meta-elements/partners/CSG/CSG_passion_resources.htm

and: http://www.bc.edu/research/cjl/

Journal of Religion & Film - Special Issue on The Passion of the Christ

http://www.unomaha.edu/~wwwjrf/2004Symposium/Symposium.htm

Ched Myers, "The Passion: The Gospel as Political Parody" http://www.thewitness.org/agw/myers040704.html

Peter T. Chattaway, "The Passion of the Christ" (Christianity Today) http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/reviews/passionofthechrist.html

NT Gateway Weblog on The Passion

http://www.ntgateway.com/weblog/?lu=0914%3A15

National Council of Churches: The Passion of The Christ

http://www.ncccusa.org/interfaith/passionfilmresources.html

Catholic Responses to Gibson's Passion

http://www.tcrnews2.com/GibsonPassion.html

The Anti-Defamation League

http://www.adl.org/Interfaith/gibson_qa.asp

See the Passion

http://www.seethepassion.com/

Mel's Passion

http://www.melspassion.com/

Sister Anne Emerich, The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ

http://www.jesus-passion.com/DOLOROUS_PASSION_OF_OUR_LORD_JESUS_CHRIST.htm

http://www.my.homewithgod.com/israel/acemmerich/

and last but not least...

The Official Film Web Page is at http://www.thepassionofthechrist.com/splash.htm

See also the following useful links discussing different theories of the atonement

Atonement http://www.franciscan-sfo.org/TEXT/ATONEMEN.HTM

Ray Sheldon, "The Classic Type of the Atonement" http://www.cybertime.net/~d2l/poat1.html

Anselm, Atonement and Sacrifice http://is.dal.ca/~claswww/ANSLATIONr.htm

Atonement (Encyclopedia Article) http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/encyc/encyc01/htm/iii.viii.htm

Robin Collins, "Understanding Atonement" http://home.messiah.edu/~rcollins/Atone.htm