Resources

We invite you to browse the Consortium’s collection of resources on articles, books and movies, as well as the discussion guides designed to spark discussion among students and others.

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Directed by: Danny Boyle Steve Jobs, written by Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, A Few Good Men) and ...
Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton

Directed by: F. Gary Gray Straight Outta Compton has been one of the greatest box office surprises of the ...
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

By: Laura Hillenbrand (New York: Random House, 2010). Summary: Louie Zamperini was a lieutenant in a ...
The Human as Person in America

The Human as Person in America

Figures in the Carpet: Finding the Human Person in the American Past By: Wilfred M. McClay (Grand Rapids: William ...
Atheism Down?

Atheism Down?

Appleyard, Bryan "Religion Rising, Atheism Sinking" Bryan Appleyard begins this essay on the place of religion ...
Room

Room

Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson The American movie industry is full swing into awards season, and one of the ...
Love & Mercy

Love & Mercy

Directed by: Bill Pohlad There is so much bathos in the world that it is really refreshing to see a sad ...
The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible

By: Barbara Kingsolver (New York: HarperCollins, 1998) Summary: The five members of the Price ...
Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality

Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality

By: Wesley Hill (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010) Summary: “By the time I started high school, two things ...
Sling Blade

Sling Blade

Miramax Films, 1996; Directed by Billy Bob Thorton; Starring Billy Bob Thorton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, and ...
What is Evangelicalism?

What is Evangelicalism?

McDermott, Gerald R. "The Emerging Divide in Evangelical Theology" Virtue Online Gerry McDermott, ...
The Master

The Master

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson The “R” rating of The Master is well-deserved. Filled with the sexual ...