Explorations in Theology and Film An Introduction

Name: Explorations in Theology and Film An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780631203568

ISBN-10: 0631203567

ISBN-13: 9780631203568

Edition: 1997

Authors: Clive Marsh, Gaye Ortiz

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The focus of these explorations is on the creative conversation between film and theology in the modern West. They raise crucial questions about the interaction between theology and culture, as they evaluate films such as Awakenings and The Piano.

Book details

List price: $64.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/8/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



List of Contributors


List of Plates


Introduction







Film, Movies, and Meanings




Film and Theologies of Culture




The Uses of Film in Theology







From Domination to Mutuality in The Piano and in the Gospel of Mark




The Drama of Salvatin in George Stevens's Shane




Edward Scissorhands: Christology from a Suburban Fairy-tale




Redeeming Violence in the Films of Martin Scorsese




Liberation in Awakenings




Jesus Christ Movie Star: The Depiction of Jesus in the Cinema




The Terminator Movies: Hi-Tech Holiness and the Human Condition




Stuck in Time: Kairos, Chromos, ad the Flesh in Groundhog Day




Moral Ambiguity and Contradiction in Dead Poets Society




Between Eden and Armageddon: Institutions, Individuals, and Identification the the Mission, the Name of the Rose, and Priest




The Spirituality of Shirley Valentine




Did You Say "Grace"?: Eating in Community in babette's Feast




Optimism, Hope, and Feelgood Movies: The Capra Connection







On Systematizing the unsystematic?: A response




Theology Beyond the Modern and the Postmodern: A Future Agenda for theology and Film



Annotated bibliography


Index of Biblical references


Film Index


General Index