First Reformed (2017) contains fundamental ideas concerning the human condition and wrestles with the relationship between religion and politics. Ideas play a significant role in the film, hence it can be used in support of the thesis that film is a viable medium in which to make philosophical (and theological) ideas transparent and derive dramatic tension from clashing ideas. In this film, the ideas that clash concern the role of religion in the political issue of climate change—or is that issue primarily religious?
The full essay is at "First Reformed."
