(On the RH side, scroll down for resource list)  This is from a friend in Australia, though I piled a couple things into it myself.  I heard a radio show recently that was helpful on relational conversations about the Da Vinci Code.  It said if people ask you about some zany part of the movie like 'What do you think about how Mary was to be head of the Church and not Peter?' or 'Wasn't Jesus' deity added-on by the church later and not spoken by Jesus?' or 'Wasn't Jesus married?' and so forth that we need to relax and *not* react and *not* feel threatened but perhaps reply with a polite inquiry for more information like by asking; "I know why that question is an important for me, but do you mind if I ask why this question is an important for you?" 

Of course, this can buy time to think and pray but it can also give you a hint as to their depth of curiosity and passion and interest, and allow you to bump their interest closer to Jesus rather than galvanizing against Him and His word.  Of course there are standard, brief answers one could give and their effectiveness depends a lot on your relational connectedness and friendly posture with them like; "If you personally knew that you came to earth with the very purpose of giving your life as a brutal sacrifice at the hands of other men as a young man, for the sin of the world, would you want to get marry quickly as a young man and put your young spouse through this agony with you?"  E.g. not dissing sex or sexuality or marriage as some do.  You can share with them the "Lord, Liar, Lunatic, Legend" logic.  Or mention, "Actually neither Mary nor Peter are The Leader of The church but The church is defined as those who have a believing/faith commitment to the *content* of the confession itself, not the confesser or other mere celeb or church history personalities, e.g. the rock which Peter first articulated, is the belief and living-faith that Jesus is the Divine Son of God." 

But at these polite points of inquiry and investigation, you may want to get their email and send them more information like the stuff below or better yet if the inquiring person is a near neighbor or a friend you might ask to discuss it further with them over a bagel or a light lunch or a coffee/coke and utilize one or two of the resources below.  Personally, I really like Darrell Boch, Lee Strobel, and Erwin Lutzer and I suspect their DVD is *really* good.  Others may be more academic than an inquisitive neighbor might connect with, but it is nice to have a diversity of resources to appeal to.  Thought you might value this info.  Blessings intended,     Joe Whitchurch

Theological Critiques of the Da Vinci Code
Bill Muehlenberg 28 April 2006 (with one or two tweaked additions by JBW, yours truly) 

Evangelical Protestant Critiques
Abanes, Richard, The Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code: A Challenging Response to the Bestselling Novel. Harvest House, 2004.
Boa, Kenneth and John Turner, The Gospel According to the Da Vinci Code: The Truth Behind the Writings of Dan Brown. Broadman and Holman, 2006.
Bock, Darrell, Breaking The Da Vinci Code : Answers to the Questions Everybody's Asking. Nelson Books, 2004.
Flory, Susanna and Virginia Monroe, Fear Not Da Vinci: Using the Da Vinci Code to Share Your Faith. AMG, 2006.
Clark, Stephen, The Da Vinci Code on Trial. Evangelical Press, 2005.
Garlow, James, Cracking Da Vinci's Code: You've Read the Fiction, Now Read the Facts. Faithworks, 2004.
Garlow, James, The Da Vinci Codebreaker: An Easy-to-Use Fact Checker. Bethany House, 2006.
Green, Michael, The Books the Church Suppressed. Monarch, 2005.
Gunbel, Nicky, The Da Vince Code: A Response. Alpha International, 2005.
Hanegraaff, Hank and Paul L. Maier, The Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction. Tyndale House, 2004.
Lutzer, Erwin W., The Da Vinci Deception. Tyndale House, 2004.
McDowell, Josh, The Da Vinci Code: A Quest for Answers. Campus Crusade for Christ, 2005.
Strobel, Lee and Garry Poole, Discussing the Da Vinci Code. Zondervan, 2006.
Witherington, Ben, The Gospel Code. IVP, 2004.

Catholic Critiques
Kellmeyer, Steve, Fact and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code. Bridegroom Press, 2004.
Mobbs, Frank, The Incredible Da Vinci Code. Freedom Publishing, 2005.
Olson, Carl E. and Sandra Miesel, The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code. Ignatius Press, 2004.
Thompson, Mary, Mary of Magdala: What the Da Vinci Code Misses. Paulist Press, 2005.
Welborn, Amy, De-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction of The Da Vinci Code. Our Sunday Visitor, 2004.

Other Critiques
Ehrman, Bart, Truth or Fiction in the Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine.OxfordUniversityPress, 2006.

Videos/DVDs
The Da Vinci Code Deception. (With Darrell Bock, Edwin Lutzer, James Garlow, etc.) Grizzly AdamsProductions, 2005.
Discussing the Da Vinci Code. (With Lee Strobel, Garry Poole) Zondervan, 2005.

Websites
Campus Crusade for Christ: www.campuscrusade.com/DaVinciquest
LeadershipUniversity; http://www.leaderu.com/focus/davincicode.html
Radio Bible Class Ministries: http://www.rbcdavincicode.org/links.php
WestminsterTheological Seminary: www.thetruthaboutdavinci.com                                                              

InterVarsity, IVP: http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/search.pl?ps=10&q=Da+Vinci