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Christian Group Calls Netflix to Cancel Amazon’s Good Omens for “Normalizing Satanism”

20 Jun 2019
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Liza Kay

Writer Neil Gaiman and Publisher Cheryl Morgan Respond to the Blunder on Twitter Good Omens is a television series on Amazon Prime that is an adaptation from Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's 1990-...

The Shinto Principles Behind Marie Kondo’s Method of Tidying

25 Jan 2019
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Elisa Meyer

Netflix's Tidying Up with Marie Kondo shows principles based in the Shinto religion. , extending far beyond the Japanese homes where it was mastered and into the Western world. While many more people...

The Satanic Temple and Netflix Reach Settlement in Lawsuit

27 Nov 2018
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Gary Nguyen

Warner Bros. settles Satanic Temple’s lawsuit regarding Netflix TV show The lawsuit was about a statue appearing on the Netflix TV show The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. In the lawsuit,...

Satanists Have Taken Legal Action Against Netflix for Copyright Infringement

01 Nov 2018
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Gary Nguyen

The Satanic Temple wants a prop to be removed from the show Chilling Adventures of Sabrina because of the representation on the show Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. TST has decided to take...

‘Reversing Roe’ Documentary Explores Women’s Rights and Abortion Laws in the U.S.

08 Sep 2018
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C Barnett

The full documentary will stream on September 13. focuses on the long-running contentious fight concerning abortion rights. The makers have released a trailer incidentally at the same time as the start...

Christian Groups Are Troubled By Teen Suicide TV Show ’13 Reasons Why’

12 Apr 2018
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C Barnett

Groups Accuse TV Show 13 Reasons Why of Glorifying Sin The television show 13 Reasons Why has been controversial since it first aired on Netflix. It has been accused of glorifying suicide, and some...

Religions Embrace Broadcast TV and Streaming to Spread their Message, Will You Watch?

09 Apr 2018
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Liza Kay

World Religions’ Live Streaming Content and Video-on-Demand With over 118 million households having access to television around the world, religious broadcasting is a fairly familiar...

Is House of Cards Critiquing Religion?

31 Jan 2018
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C Barnett

TV Show is as Much a Criticism of Unchecked Privilege in Religion as in Politics The recent news that Greg Kinnear and Diane Lane are joining the cast of House of Cards has viewers even more excited...

Sandra Bullock to Star as Wendy Davis in New Movie

15 Nov 2017
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Elisa Meyer

Davis filibustered an abortion bill Sandra Bullock, the noted Hollywood actress, is all set to play the lead role in Let Her Speak. She will play a real-life character Wendy Davis, a Texas Senator....

Fascinating Religious Background of ‘Death Note’ on Netflix

04 Sep 2017
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C Barnett

Netflix Movie based on Anime Blends Eastern and Western Religion Netflix released last Friday their live action adaption of Death Note, a hugely successful Japanese anime. The story is about a teenager...