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  • 2019
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2019
  • 1 h 25 m
American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel

Summary American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel takes audiences into the buckle of Bible belt where a group of defiant Oklahomans are rising up to challenge deeply rooted fundamentalist Christian doctrine. Labeled as “heretics” for their beliefs and actions, they refuse to wield their faith as a sword sharpened by literal interpretations o...

Directed By: Jeanine Isabel Butler

Written By: Catherine Lynn Butler, Jeanine Isabel Butler

  • 2019
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2019
  • 1 h 25 m

American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel

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Summary American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel takes audiences into the buckle of Bible belt where a group of defiant Oklahomans are rising up to challenge deeply rooted fundamentalist Christian doctrine. Labeled as “heretics” for their beliefs and actions, they refuse to wield their faith as a sword sharpened by literal interpretations o...

Directed By: Jeanine Isabel Butler

Written By: Catherine Lynn Butler, Jeanine Isabel Butler

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Jul 11, 2019
A film that shines a light on those who would be a candle in the midst of the Medieval darkness of modern, white Southern American Christianity.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 1, 2019
For anyone interested in politics, religion, American culture or the ever-overlapping space they occupy, this documentary has the potential to move hearts and minds.
By Kimber Myers FULL REVIEW
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Jul 11, 2019
"American Heretics" is eye-opening, but it's never explosive.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 11, 2019
American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel doesn’t break ground cinematically, but it is eye-opening in other ways.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 20, 2019
The human stories are at the center, but, for better or worse, they are surrounded with side stories that only acted as a (nice) distraction, and it never really digs deep into the concept of heresy itself.
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Jul 11, 2019
While left-leaning viewers will respond warmly to the film's common-sense take on Christianity's core teachings, one wonders if there might have been ways to make this more palatable to audiences who have been trained for a generation to view progressives as enemies of religion.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company butlerfilms, American Dialogues
Release Date Jul 12, 2019
Duration 1 h 25 m
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Website http://www.americanhereticsthefilm.com/
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