"Enthuse"

       Film composer James Broughton's composition was nominated for this year's Academy Awards and then disqualified.  Some Academy rule was broken.

       The music is for a religious film, and what interested me was that the film will have a wider release in June from "Enthuse Entertainment."  "Enthuse" may not sound like a word with religious connotations, but I'm sure the company knows its etymology.

       Entheos is the Greek adjective meaning "having the god within," "possessed or inspired by a god" and is the root of our noun "enthusiasm" and verb "enthuse."  Enthusiasm is now pretty thoroughly secularized, and neither the gods of the Greeks nor the God of Jews, Christians, and Muslims is apparent.

       Fervor is still at the heart of it, however.  So forgive me if I enthuse over English's Greek linguistic heritage.