Columnist discusses “Twilight” positives, negatives
The Rev. Chris Gore is a featured guest columnist for the most recent edition of the Baptist Messenger.
The Messenger is the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma’s official newspaper. Gore, pastor of First Baptist Church of Beggs, discusses the cult phenomenon “Twilight” in his column. Apparently, some parents have been asking him how they should respond to the popular series of vampire books (and now movies) which may have captured their children’s interest.
Read his column to get his take on the series: “Twilight: Christian parents better teachers.”
Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
Spirituality in the “Twilight” saga
There are spiritual lessons to be gleaned from the fictional “Twilight” saga that has lots of folks abuzz these days.
The premiere of the feature film “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” again brings to reel-life the love story of Bella Swan and her vampire boyfriend Edward.
Beliefnet.com has a new posting offering Claudia Mair Burney’s perspective on the spirituality one can find in the popular tale of teen love and angst.
“I’m also a junkie for the Twilight Saga’s completely unrealistic love story. “Who acts like that?”, I ask myself, but I keep coming back. Deep down inside I knew who acted that way. Edward’s inhumanly perfect love and Bella’s passionate attachment to him echoed —don’t laugh—the sacred romance between God and me,” Burney wrote.
Check it out at “Spiritual Lessons of Twilight.”
Saturday, Beliefnet.com will feature a movie review of the new film by Movie Mom Nell Minow.
Carla Hinton
Religion Editor
This vampire (movie) has morals
The vampire movie “Twilight” is drawing large crowds to theaters these days.
Is there anything to nibble on beyond the teen fantasy premise of girl-loves-vampire-dude? Something more meaty, like say a moral point to all the teeth-gnashing (or not)?
The film, based on a fiction series by Mormon Stephenie Meyer, has a moral/religious message, according to Jennifer Hahn, the author of ”the Scoop” featured in today’s e-letter sent out by the Knight Chair in Media and Religion at the University of Southern California.
In her article, Hahn says many movie critics missed the abstinence message inherent in the romantic storyline.
“Twilight” might be this year’s most religious film – but you wouldn’t know that by reading the reviews,” she wrote.
Hahn offers more commentary to sink one’s teeth into.
Get “the Scoop” by clicking here: “What Critics Aren’t Seeing in ‘Twilight’”
Carla Hinton
