We imagine war is tough. We know it puts great strain on soldiers. But is war a drug? Even ‘the supreme drug of human…

Mark Meynell is disoriented by the reality-probing of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives. There are three deaths. The first is when…

Having suffered a drawn-out divorce, a failed rebound relationship and a debilitating bout of depression, Elizabeth Gilbert decides to go…

In 1959, the children of a new elementary school bury a time capsule containing their ideas of what they think the world will be like in…

The Shawshank Redemption has earned a reputation for being one of the most popular films of all time. Despite an unimpressive performance…

Review of Amazing Grace in the light of whether religion is a force for good or for bad.

This helpful summary of philosopher Charles Taylor's work examines what it means to live in a secular age.

Twenty questions to help us think more carefully about films - or to use in film discussion evenings.

I write a weekly column for The Dallas Morning News as a contributor to their Texas Faith blog. This week we were asked, "What would Jesus…