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James Carroll’s Constantine’s Sword
James Carroll, award winning author and columnist, makes an impassioned case that religious belief can move to new levels of maturity through historical study and critical thinking. Carroll hosted a screening and discussion of the film, James Carroll’s Constantine’s Sword, a new documentary film by Oren Jacoby, which explores the roots of religiously inspired contempt and violence. In his book of the same title, Carroll traces the development of the racial anti-Semitism of the Holocaust rising from early Christian anti-Judaism. The film also shows how faith-inspired prejudice and violence have pervaded Christian-Jewish-Muslim relations since 1948, and even more so since 2001. It documents fundamentalist Christian evangelizing in the American military and its influence on American foreign policy. Watch this compelling personal narrative and witness the hope that arises when we are willing to expose the dark areas of our past to search for a better future. * This event was a Special Advance Screening in partnership with First Run Features before the national theatrical release of the film in April 2008. James Carroll was Dean Lloyd’s guest on March 9 at the Sunday Forum at James Carroll is a bestselling author of fiction and nonfiction, a former Roman Catholic priest, and a lifelong activist for peace. His recent books include the National Book Award-winning memoir An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us; Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews—A History; and House of War, which received the PEN-Galbraith Award. Ticket prices: $16—regular; $9—Students, Seniors 65+, Limited Income.
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