Word: christs
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Last year's furor over the Martin Scorsese motion picture The Last Temptation of Christ demonstrated that Christians, particularly those who believe in the literal interpretation of Scripture, are similarly sensitive about fictional portrayal of the sacred, though their protest generally takes less violent forms. Even secular gods are sometimes held by their followers to be above scrutiny; in earlier times the Kremlin was notoriously thin-skinned about revelations concerning the private lives of Lenin and other members of the Communist pantheon...
Opponents of the imperial system announced dozens of demonstrations and rallies, however, including a seven-hour rock concert sponsored by the United Church of Christ, Japan's largest Protestant denomination...
Other winners for Harvard were freshmen Kevin Williams in the 200 freestyle, Christ Kovacs in the 200 backstroke and Sumner Anderson (200 breastroke...
Anti-semitism has also been a problem in the Church for more than a millenia. It has its roots in the belief of some Christians that the Jewish religion, while still valuable in its doctrines, has been replaced by the word of Christ, who claimed to be the messiah of the Jews but was rejected by their leaders...
...addition to Levinson's nomination for Rain Man, best director nominees included Charles Crichton for A Fish Called Wanda, Martin Scorsese for the controversial The Last Temptation of Christ, Alan Parker for Mississippi Burning and Mike Nichols for Working Girl...