Transcript: Analysis: Jesus as a cultural and religious figure in America

LYNN NEARY
Talk of the Nation (NPR)
02-12-2004
Analysis: Jesus as a cultural and religious figure in America

Host: LYNN NEARY
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

LYNN NEARY, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Lynn Neary in Washington, sitting in for Neal Conan.

You can't pass a newsstand this week without seeing Jesus staring at you from the cover of Newsweek magazine. A torturous-looking crown of thorns sits on his head. His face and hair are covered with blood. He's looking downward and downcast. This is Jesus as portrayed in the new Mel Gibson film "The Passion of the Christ," which opens later this month. It is the latest image of Jesus to capture the imagination or provoke the fury of Americans. ...

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