Reel Spirituality Theology and Film in Dialogue

Name: Reel Spirituality Theology and Film in Dialogue
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ISBN: 9780801031878

ISBN-10: 0801031877

ISBN-13: 9780801031878

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: Robert K. Johnston

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Increasingly, thinking Christians are examining the influential role that movies play in our cultural dialogue. Reel Spirituality successfully heightens readers' sensitivity to the theological truths and statements about the human condition expressed through modern cinema. This second edition cites 200 new movies and encourages readers to ponder movie themes that permeate our culture as well as motion pictures that have demonstrated power to shape our perceptions of everything from relationships and careers to good and evil. Reel Spirituality is the perfect catalyst for dialogue and discipleship among moviegoers, church-based study groups, and religious film and arts groups. The second…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 12/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Robert K. Johnston is Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Reel Spirituality: Theology and Film in Dialogue and Finding God in the Movies: 33 Films of Reel Faith, and editor of Reframing Theology & Film: New Focus for an Emerging Discipline.




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