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“Life of Pi” ~ An Evolutionary Religion Teacher’s Dream on Screen

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Poster for the movie, Life of Pi. How many literary characters can you name who embrace three religions? 

In Life of Pi, directed by Ang Lee and based on the winning novel by Yann Martel, we meet Pi, a Hindu-Christian-Muslim. Since most religions build their ideologies around stories, this film prods us to consider the ways in which faith, story, and life converge both on and off the screen.

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