Editorial Review:

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Constantine's Sword is an astonishing exploration of the dark side of Christianity, following acclaimed author and former priest James Carrol on a journey of rememberance and reckoning. Warning of what happens when military power and religious fervor are joined, this new film from Oscar-nominated director Oren Jacoby asks: Is the fanaticism that threatens the world today fueled by our own deeply held beliefs?









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Rating: - Constantine's Sword a selective history!
James Carroll has written and produced a excellent documentary but very selective Social History of Europe to modern times. The flaw in his study is in his overly narrow focus not in his facts. His is a history of the interactions between the three great western religions. In doing so Mr. Carroll ignores hundreds bloody events that make up Judeo-Christian-Islamic history. These could easily be documented beginning with the Old Testament Genesis and Deuteronomy leading into the New Testament and Medieval. In doing so he tends to overemphasize the true horrors of events such as the Russian pogroms while overlooking the equally horrific Albigensian Crusade and the daily persecutions heretics. In his history we are lead to believe the "Inquisition" affected only "Jews". While the Jews of Spain were interrogated tortured and even burned by the Popes Dominican priests, so were many other Religious Minorities.

Note the book is correctly titled "Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews -- A History"

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Rating: - Excellent, scholarly.
In his scholarly work, James Carroll, a former Catholic priest, becomes a modern-day Indiana Jones. His quest is to understand the role of Christianity in the persecution of Jews in ancient times as well as today. Not only is Carroll courageous and honest in his evaluation, but he exposes how other priests who wish to expose similar findings are systematically sidelined or silenced. Carroll should win a prize for his excellent documentary.

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Rating: - Contantine's Sword
One great book with a focus on what Christians do as opposed to what the religion says it is about. Always with the Western world, it is self interest above the professions of morality, righteousness, or love.

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Rating: - Constantine's Sword - DVD
I read Carroll's book and thought it was very informative. I bought the DVD hoping to see him expound on some of the themes in the book, but I was dissappointed to see that the documentary mostly looked at a few religious leaders and Carroll's trip to the Vatican.

I loved the book, but the DVD is worth waiting until the price comes down.

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Rating: - Indeed "like the DaVince Code"
This DVD was recomended to me by a friend of a friend, I guess I should have investigated it more before purchasing. I would like to have known that it has very little to do with Constantine and nearly all to do with the Holocaust.
With history used as a model for the story as opposed to seeking accuracy, it is close enough for laypeople to see it as accurate. The story comes across to me more as the journey of a single man going from extreme naivite to understanding that there are bad things in the world...and looking to lay the blame somewhere. If someone is looking for a reason to put down the church this is one to buy, if your looking for history of the church to make an informed decision I would suggest looking elsewhere.