drama

• Dramas

  • The Mission
  • Les Miserables
• Bible stories were conveyed to people when literacy was not widespread
• Drama draws people in and affects their emotions, engages them with religious themes better than any other way of spreading the Christian message
• Les Miserables

  A drama with an implicit Christian message about the power of love and forgiveness
• Dramas about Bible stories or the life of Jesus have wider appeal than for just churchgoers
• Mystery plays

  Conveyed the life of Jesus
• Drama has been used for centuries to bring the message of Jesus to people
• "The production and showing of films that have value as decent entertainment, humane culture or art, especially when they are designed for young people, ought to be encouraged" (Inter Mirifica 14)
• The Mission

  A drama about European missionaries who defied the orders of their bishops and sided with the native population against slave traders
• More recently drama has been used as a means to engage new audiences with Christian beliefs and values
• Dramas such as Les Miserables, The Mission

  May be taken at face value as a story about something that happened in history, but not with any religious theme behind it
• Dramas are open to interpretation

  The wrong message may be conveyed
• Real human beings


  • Mother Teresa
  • Pope Francis
• Dramas are open to interpretation
• Dramas


  May encourage people to ignore the demands of civil law (Les Miserables) or Church law (The Mission)
• Drama is used to bring the message of Jesus to people

  The message can be missed
• Example of Jesus’ message

  More inspiring because they are real
• A better way of converting people to Christ’s message is by the example of one’s own life
• (Inter Mirifica 14)

  ‘The production and showing of films that have value as decent entertainment, humane culture or art, especially when they are designed for young people, ought to be encouraged’