the bible miniseries

Poems, novels, and short stories have all influenced Christian ways of telling our sacred stories. What about a miniseries?

Son of God is a dud. Just don’t tell that to the film’s producers, Roma Downey and Mark Burnett. They found evidence of divine favor in the “truly miraculous” support they received from Catholic and evangelical leaders. It brought in $26.5 million its first weekend.

Burnett and Downey’s marketing approach makes good business sense and has plenty of precedent.

Most media representations of the biblical story are too literal. In the effort to get the story's details right, the storyteller misses the point.