directed by Mel Gibson

Debra Murphy has written several reviews and articles on The Passion of the Christ and the controversy surrounding it: Click on the links to read the articles.

• “Wrestling with the Angel of Strangeness: Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ One Year Later,” (Godspy, March 2005)
• “Signs and Contradictions: The Mad Mel Mess and Why (or if) it Still Matters” (Godspy, December 2006)
• The Scandal of the Cross
• “The Scandal of the Cross: Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ and the Controversy Surrounding It” (position paper, April, 2004). This is a .pdf file. You will need the free Acrobat Reader to access it.