The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was released in 2008. The film is the second in the seven-volume “Chronicles of Narnia” book series by C.S. Lewis. One of the characters in the film, Aslan, is said to be representative of Christ.

The Rev. David S. Dockery is former chairman of the board of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, a leading association for evangelical-oriented colleges. He is also president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn.

Evan Almighty, a sequel to Bruce Almighty, stars Steve Carell; Morgan Freeman reprises his role as God. The release date was June 22, 2007.

Kimberly Conger is an assistant visiting professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati. She has studied the influence of religious conservatives in state Republican parties, and she presented a paper titled “Evangelicals: Outside the Beltway” at a 2003 seminar at the Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College in […]

Amazing Grace: The Story of William Wilberforce tells the story of the man who led the campaign in the early 19th century to abolish Britain’s slave trade. Directed by Michael Apted, the film premiered Feb. 23, 2007, the 200th anniversary of the vote to abolish the slave trade in Britain. Associated with the film is the Amazing Change […]

Randall Balmer holds the John Phillips Chair in Religion at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. He is an expert on American religious history and especially American evangelicalism and the role of religion in American presidential politics. He is the author of Evangelicalism in America, Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter and God in the White House: How Faith […]

Jesus Camp is a documentary, with limited releases that began Sept. 15, 2006, about a children’s summer Bible camp. It is distributed by Magnolia Pictures, which also distributed Woman Thou Art Loosed, based on the novel by T.D. Jakes. The documentary by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady has been controversial. Some evangelicals say the film is unfair; some secular […]

Facing the Giants opened in more than 400 theaters Sept. 29, 2006. Distributed by Provident Films, a division of Sony Pictures, the film was made by Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga., and stars members of the church’s staff.

Conversations With God: The Movie, based on the best-selling spiritual books by Neale Donald Walsch, was released Oct. 27, 2006. Film producer Stephen Simon co-founded the Spiritual Cinema Circle, a group of people interested in films that explore spirituality, and directed the film.