Mel Gibson's Bible: religion, popular culture, and The Passion of the Christ

Part One: The Passion as Interpretation

1. The Art of The Passion/ Jack Miles

2. The Good News of Mel Gibson's Passion/ George M. Smiga

3. Tragically Heroic Men and the Women Who Love Them/ Tod Linafelt

4. Contexts: Theology, Devotion, and Culture/ Vincent J. Miller

5. Mel Gibson's Lethal Passion/ Bruce Chilton

6. Jewish Crowd and Roman Governor/ John Dominic Crossan

7. Gibson's Mary Magdalene/ Jane Schaberg

8. Mel Gibson, Bride of Christ/ Mark D. Jordan and Kent L. Brintnall

Part Two: Ethical and Theological Responses

9. No Pain, No Gain?/ Paula Fredriksen

10. Christ's Passion: Homoeroticism and the Origins of Christianity/ Susannah Heschel

11. Mel Gibson's Passion/ Richard L. Rubenstein

12. The Passion for Social Justice and The Passion of the Christ/ Margaret R. Miles

13. The Passions of the Reviewers; Or, Why Liberals Are Right for the Wrong Reasons and Conservatives Are Wrong for the Right Reasons/ Mark Douglas

14. The Offense of Flesh/ Mark C. Taylor

Part Three: Passion, Media, Audience

15. The Passion and the Death of God/ Thomas J. J. Altizer

16. Kill Jesus/ Amy Hollywood

17. Jesus's Extreme Makeover/ William G. Little

18. Lights! Camera! Action!/ José M rquez

19. Seeing Is Not Believing/ Jody Enders

20. The Passion in Black and White/ Robert M. Franklin

21. They Know Not What They Watch/ Timothy K. Beal