By Paul Asay
What do God and the Caped Crusader have in universal? whereas Batman is an earthly superhero patrolling the fictitious streets of Gotham urban, the Caped Crusader is one whose tale creates a number of possibilities for believers to discuss the redemptive religious truths of Christianity. whereas the publication touches on Batman's many incarnations during the last 70 years in print, on tv, and on the neighborhood Cineplex for the joy of Batman fanatics in every single place, it basically specializes in Christopher Nolan's wildly renowned and severely acclaimed movies—movies that not just brought a brand new iteration to a darker Batman, yet also are loaded with religious which means and redemptive metaphors.
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