Religion as a sales tool
• Superstitious Folly , • The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code, a book for the semi-hemi-demi educated and The Passion of the Christ a movie for ... are a two punch marketing powerhouse.
As theology, they are far, far apart. But as phenomena, they have had a common affect, driving sales for a wave of Christian-themed books, some of them highly controversial.