Christianity's violent history.(MOVIES/MEDIA )(Constantine's Sword )(Movie review)

National Catholic Reporter | May 2, 2008| | Copyright

James Carroll's best-selling book Constantine's Sword has been made into a powerful film documentary with the same title. The book, published in 2001 to some controversy, had concentrated on the responsibility of the Catholic church for the long history of persecution of the Jews. The director of the film, Oren Jacoby, wants to raise the even broader question: "Where did anyone get the idea that it was all right to kill people in the name of God?"

A handsome, well-acted film that mingles scenes and characters of both past and present, the documentary opens with an ...

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