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1. secure.cbn.com › entertainment › screenSuperman and Jesus: Superman's Origin and Parallels to Jesus

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   SUPERMAN'S PARALLELS TO JESUS. X-Men director Bryan Singer brought the Superman story back to the big screen with his movie, Superman Returns. Although the correlation to Jesus’ story could have been easily written out, comic book and television show writers have kept its strong ties to the Bible.

2. entertainment.time.com › 2013/06/12 › man-of-steelMan of Steel : Super Man … or Human God? - TIME.com

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   Jun 12, 2013 · Man of Steel takes its cue from Bryan Singer’s 2006 Superman Returns, which posited our hero as the Christian God come to Earth to save humankind: Jesus Christ Superman. Goyer goes further,...

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4. lithub.com › how-superman-became-a-christ-likeHow Superman Became a Christ-Like Figure in American Culture

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   Mar 6, 2023 · Superman’s Jesus parallel began with Superman: The Movie, but it was Man of Steel and its sequels that gave him a true messiah complex. What started as a fairly subtle metaphor increasingly became blunter, until it all but overtook the story.

5. reasons.org › explore › blogsMan of Steel and the Original Superhero - Reasons to Believe

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   Jun 7, 2013 · In “Jesus—The Original Superhero” (available at ManOfSteelResources.com), theologian Dr. Craig Detweiler acknowledges the parallel between Superman and Christ then highlights the vital distinction between the two. The Man of Steel shows us what sacrifice looks like in the mythical Metropolis.

6. www.cbn.com › article › mental-healthSuperman and Jesus: Superman's Origin and Parallels to Jesus

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   SUPERMAN'S PARALLELS TO JESUS. X-Men director Bryan Singer brought Superman back to the big screen with his movie, Superman Returns. Although the correlation to Jesus’ story could have easily been left out, filmmakers have kept its strong ties to the Bible. Singer, who is not a Christian, also determined not to overlook it in Superman Returns.

7. ew.com › article › 2013/06/17Superman as Jesus — Christian imagery in 'Man of Steel'

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   Jun 17, 2013 · Indeed, the new model Man of Steel has a strong passing resemblance to a certain Son of God/Son of Man described in The New Testament of The Bible. The Superman Gospel begins a long time...

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   Does Superman have a Jesus parallel?

   • Superman’s Jesus parallel began with Superman: The Movie, but it was Man of Steel and its sequels that gave him a true messiah complex. What started as a fairly subtle metaphor increasingly became blunter, until it all but overtook the story.

   How Superman Became a Christ-Like Figure in American Culture

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   Is man of steel a Christian movie?

   • But Man of Steel is not Chronicles of Narnia. It does not express a Christian worldview. Instead, the movie critiques aspects of Christianity and God in general. Most Superman stories actually do: This god-like superhero has always been made to behave in ways God does not — or rather, in ways that contemporary peoples wish God would.

   Superman as Jesus — Christian imagery in 'Man of Steel'

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   Was Superman a Jesus figure?

   • Superman was not envisioned as a Jesus figure by Siegel and Shuster, two Jewish teens in the 1930s. But he gradually became one, mainly thanks to his movies, which is where most people know him from. Whatever the metaphor at play, he is, and was always meant to be, a symbol of goodwill and brotherly love.

   How Superman Became a Christ-Like Figure in American Culture

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   Does Superman resemble Christ?

   • With the onset of WWII the patriotic Superman quickly became an infallible American icon, and in the patriarchal, sanitized, comics-censuring 1950s he grew to resemble Christ in his saintly perfection. Though he hasn’t been that way since at least the mid-1970s, it’s a public image he still contends with.

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   Is Superman a Christ metaphor?

   • Despite this, and that Siegel and Shuster never mentioned Jesus in any interview or writing, Superman is widely perceived as a Christ metaphor. The parallels would seem obvious, but in truth these were added years after Superman’s creation. Superman was not envisioned as a Jesus figure by Siegel and Shuster, two Jewish teens in the 1930s.

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   Is the new man of steel a son of God?

   • Indeed, the new model Man of Steel has a strong passing resemblance to a certain Son of God/Son of Man described in The New Testament of The Bible.

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9. christandpopculture.com › superman-not-just-a-manSuperman: Not Just a Man, but a Just Man - Christ and Pop Culture

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   Jul 9, 2013 · It is no state secret at this point that Warner Brothers rather cannily marketed Man of Steel to Christians, playing on the obvious and intentional parallels between Superman and Jesus the incarnate Son of God.