The Theology of Christopher Nolan @solamediaorg
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Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Can we trust our own minds, do we need to mimic a hero or be redeemed, and is love something more than a useful evolutionary accident? Michael Horton, Bob Hiller, Walter Strickland, and Justin Holcomb journey through Christopher Nolan's filmography to uncover a variety of recurring theological and philosophical themes.

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0:00 René Girard's influence on Christopher Nolan
6:20 The Hermeneutics of Suspicion
13:16 Inception
19:39 Memento
23:28 The Dark Knight
32:26 Intersteller
38:51 Oppenheimer
42:11 Dunkirk

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