Sure, The Matrix is a film from last century; but I can’t help resurrecting it whenever I teach the course Religion in American History. One of my favorite classes, it is a smorgasbord of samplings from America’s religious history and it usually includes getting our feet wet in the Christian Science pool—for which The Matrix is a perfect teaching tool. Its themes of reality and pseudo-reality connect so well with Mary Bakker Eddy’s philosophical framework. (Thanks Professor Bozeman, for sparking my interest in “alternative” religious movements!)Resurrecting The Matrix
Sure, The Matrix is a film from last century; but I can’t help resurrecting it whenever I teach the course Religion in American History. One of my favorite classes, it is a smorgasbord of samplings from America’s religious history and it usually includes getting our feet wet in the Christian Science pool—for which The Matrix is a perfect teaching tool. Its themes of reality and pseudo-reality connect so well with Mary Bakker Eddy’s philosophical framework. (Thanks Professor Bozeman, for sparking my interest in “alternative” religious movements!)
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