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Film Review - "Dead Man Walking"
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by Dave Porter.
One of the best things a film can do is make us reflect on the various convictions and beliefs which we hold through the course of our daily lives. In this light it must be said that the film, Dead Man Walking, is rich in both theological and philosophical material for this very examination. This is important since in our contemporary entertainment culture - our world of iPods and Xboxes - there is precious little of this examination taking place. With that in mind I want to review this film, at least from a Christian perspective, in order to outline what I feel are the main themes of the picture, and perhaps to get us to think about what they mean, and how these themes speak to us in the narrative of our daily lives.
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Questions:
1. Can love ever really allow us to forgive those who have meted out unspeakable harm?
2. Is capital punishment really a form of playing God, or are we forced to play God
either way?
3. Are we redeemed through the Gospel individually, or is salvation something that is
worked out in the context of community?
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