STUDENT ARTICLE: Is Christianity portrayed positively in the media? If so, how?

Christianity has no united doctrine or opinion about the media. For example, there are some Christian denominations such as the Amish Mennonites that do not approve of any type of civil entertainment, while there are individual Christians who have erected huge media empires. However, there are many ways in which Christians attempt to portray their religion positively in different forms of media.

When Evangelical Churches direct their religious advertisement towards younger audiences, they tend to use drama, different forms of art and books. They believe that Christianity is exciting; therefore they should use appropriate media to show this message, for example comics. Many churches use religious musical events to get together and celebrate their beliefs with a wider community. However these aren’t the usual ways in which the Church communicates its message.

A lot of the time, there are portrayals that are biased towards Christianity, which is never accurate for everyone because it’s a personal opinion:

All different areas and cultures of the world see different religions in different ways so obtain different opinions. For example, here is a video where Omid Djalili, Iranian-born comedian, shows this - Christianity in the Middle-East. Conflicts that are seen between religions are usually as a result of wars between countries.