Mary Gordon
Description
During her spiritually charged Catholic childhood, Mary Gordon became fixated on the idea of martyrdom-and vestiges of that obsession remain in her life and work. Bill Moyers talks with the author of Final Payments, The Company of Women, and Pearl about the concept of martyrdom and its connection to rage and despair. Gordon also explores the negative implications of what she sees as two converging influences in modern society: fundamentalism and consumerism.
Runtime
33 min
Series
Subjects
- Religious institutions (185)
- Institutionalism (Religion) (54)
- Religion and sociology (173)
- Spirituality (52)
- Religions (331)
- Theology (76)
Contributor
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2006
Database
Films on Demand
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