YFFP: DON'T MISS THIS!! Lord Save Us!
Evan Baehr
Hey team:
Tonight we have an awesome event put together for you. We’ll be watching a sneak preview of Lord Save Us From Your Followers (see website and/or ABC interview), a powerful new film about religion in America. We’ll have pizza and drinks in the RSV room.
AND! We have the film director and main actor, Dan Merchant, to join us for a short discussion after the film!! YOU WILL LOVE THIS FILM!! I’ll even give you a money-back guarantee! J (In case there is confusion, there is no cost to come.)
PLEASE find an hour and a half to come out and join us!! And bring spouses, partners, roommates, or random people on the street!
Best,
Evan
Lord, Save Us From Your Followers is an energetic, accessible documentary that explores the collision of faith and culture in America. Fed up with the angry, strident language filling the airwaves that has come to represent the Christian faith, director Dan Merchant set out to discover why the Gospel of Love is dividing America. Weaving together expert interviews, man-on-the-street bits, hilarious animations and "I've never seen that before" stunts, Lord, Save Us From Your Followers brings everyone into a conversation our country needs to have.
With exclusive interviews with comedian/Senatorial candidate Al Franken, former Senator and Religious Right inside man Rick Santorum, noted “liberal evangelical” Tony Campolo, conservative radio host Michael Reagan, racial reconciliation activist Dr. John Perkins and features with Bono, Pastor Rick Warren (“Purpose Driven Life”), James Dobson, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, no stone is left unturned in this engaging, unpredictable and challenging look at the conflict over religion in America.
"Everyone—whether atheists, social justice advocates, or conservative evangelicals—will leave this screening provoked. You will feel vindicated yet attacked, frustrated yet encouraged. The audience will be riveted by this film," said Evan Baehr, co-coordinator of the Yale Forum on Faith and Politics.
The Yale Divinity School is located at 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511. The RSV Room is located on the 2nd floor on the right-hand side when you enter the quad from Prospect Street. For more information email ba...@yffp.org.