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When was the last time the KKK on the Jerry Springer show?

Please let me know. Thanks! Venustar84 (talk) 00:56, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Looks like there were a few appearances of current or former KKK members in 1996/7. The most recent I can find is this one [1], which aired Tue, 2006-09-26. There may have been more recent shows with the KKK, but at least this is a starting point. SemanticMantis (talk) 14:47, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Do "Christian films" automatically mean "Protestant"?

So, I watched Confessions of a Prodigal Son (2015) and In the Name of God (2014). Both of them had a church scene, and in both church scenes, the pastor wore a suit and a tie instead of vestments. I concluded that the denomination must be Baptist, Evangelical, non-denominational, or something very low-church. I might have watched a horror film that involved a Roman Catholic priest performing an exorcism on a little girl. It was more creepy than spiritual. Are there Christian films that actually portray Roman Catholicism in a positive light? 66.213.29.17 (talk) 20:07, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Restorationists (who are protestants whether they want to admit it or not) and Evangelical protestants place more emphasis on being separate from the "sinful" world while still "fitting in" when comes to wholesome entertainment. Those movements flourished in America. Randall Balmer's documentary "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" covers all that in more detail. Oddly, in my Bible Belt home town, "inspirational" literature in book stores features "Amish" characters (I put Amish in quotes because the books or movies were usually written by Baptists, non-denominationalists, or Mormons who never met any Amish people).

I haven't seen the whole thing, but The Shoes of the Fisherman seemed positive. There are a number of works based on the Father Brown stories, but they're mysteries starring a priest (though created by a devout Catholic) rather than being just "inspirational" literature. Other movies would be listed in Category:Films about Roman Catholicism, but that page would also list movies that are not as positive, like Doubt. For some reason, Kevin Smith's Dogma isn't listed. Like Erasmus, it takes issues with certain human ideas popular in the Catholic church, but affirms its sanctity. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:24, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

The Shoes of the Fisherman is a political drama, depicting the Catholic Church as a state/government, rather than overtly religious. The only major religious scene is actually Jewish! It's a good movie (even from a non-religious viewer's POV). Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:39, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Which either makes it all the more weird or completely explains why I saw what I saw (Father Telemond explaining his ideas) on the Trinity Broadcasting Network of all places. Ian.thomson (talk) 06:48, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

You may be interested in the IMDB list Catholic Church at the Movies. -- ToE 22:14, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

Lots of Spanish movies made during Franco's time present CCatholic priest in a good light ranging from the serious ones such as Miracle of Marcelino (well, those are monks, but still Catholic) to the silly ones such as El Padre Coplillas. Even in Miracles of Thursday, which is the closest you could get to religious satire at the time, the village Catholic priest is the most honest and sane character of the movie.--85.55.195.78 (talk) 23:29, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

There are The Mission and Black Robe, but they aren't "Christian films" exactly (and may or may not portray the Catholic Church favourably...). Adam Bishop (talk) 00:36, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

TV Tropes reckons there's a tendancy to assume Catholicism is the only kind of Cristianity (Trope: "Christianity Is Catholic"), although that site doesn't exactly meet WP standards for a reliable source. And I now discover is blacklisted as well, when I tried to link directly. Iapetus (talk) 13:25, 13 July 2015 (UTC)