Reel Spirituality

Author : Robert K. Johnston
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441200908

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Reel Spirituality (Engaging Culture) by Robert K. Johnston Pdf

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 edition cites an additional 200 movies and includes new film photos.

Author : Robert K. Johnston
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780801031878

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Reel Spirituality by Robert K. Johnston Pdf

A comprehensive study of theology and film that explores how the Christian faith is portrayed in film throughout history.

Author : Simon Carey Holt,Gordon R. Preece
Publisher : ATF Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 1920691243

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The Bible and the Business of Life by Simon Carey Holt,Gordon R. Preece Pdf

The Bible and the Business of Life is an anthology of essays by a variety of authors celebrating the 65th birthday of Robert Banks Robert. Banks was an Baptist who worked and taught in the USA, in Pasadena and in Melbourne.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781648893223

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Film, Philosophy and Religion by Anonim Pdf

Hollywood is a $40 billion annual business, one that is highly influential in culture. If we want to know who we are as individuals and a society, what we believe and what we value, we need to know and understand Hollywood and film. Make no mistake, Hollywood is neither philosophically, politically, nor morally neutral! Many studies demonstrate how movies “affect” us long before we have thought it through. In other words, Hollywood “smuggles” all kinds of ideas into our minds and hearts without us even knowing it. While Hollywood may be the biggest and most influential in the world, this book will demonstrate the growing international influence of film from India (Bollywood), Nigeria (Nollywood), Zimbabwe (Zollywood) and Yesilçam (Turkey). 'Film, Philosophy and Religion' explicitly and implicitly takes a philosophical approach to analyzing film theoretically and methodologically. There are topic and film-specific chapters that take a theological approach, and others that explore ideas like Affect, Axiology, Art Reflecting the Artist and Transcendence (Spirituality) of Film. Hermeneutics also have a central role in the book, including films based on biblical texts that act as interpretations of these texts and fill in the blanks (albeit speculatively by way of script and directors). Chapters also explore the philosophy of aesthetics and film realism which end with theology, while other chapters explore the incompatibility of science with religion, as well as a chapter on the timely topic of rape in Turkish film. The book’s scope goes from the “Horror of Evil in Ridley Scott’s Alien Universe” to “Love Can Thaw a Frozen Heart: The Philosophy of Love in the Frozen Films” (Disney Princess Narratives). This book represents international films and scholars. The diverse perspectives from theist to atheist—and everything in-between—are sure to spark thinking and generate talking points that provide something for everyone in an accessible format. It will be of great interest to university students and professors, scholars, seminaries, and the general public.

Author : Timothy B. Cargal
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : 9780664236335

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Hearing a Film, Seeing a Sermon: Preaching and Popular Movies by Timothy B. Cargal Pdf

Author : Catherine M. Barsotti,Robert K. Johnston
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780801064814

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Finding God in the Movies by Catherine M. Barsotti,Robert K. Johnston Pdf

Experience God in the movies! A valuable resource guide examining over thirty films and their theological impact. Excellent for film buffs and church leaders alike.

Author : Elijah Lynn Davidson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532613142

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How to Talk to a Movie by Elijah Lynn Davidson Pdf

Watching a movie is more than an opportunity to be entertained. Watching a movie is an opportunity to meet with God. In a few brief chapters, How to Talk to a Movie will forever change the way you watch movies by opening your eyes and ears to what movies are saying, how they are saying it, and how God might be speaking to you through them.

Author : Raymond Teague
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0871592487

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Reel Spirit by Raymond Teague Pdf

Reel Spirit is your personal guide to spirituality in the movies. This insightful book includes 400 movies with reviews of films from various genres that span the history of the cinema, from the early 1900s through 1999. Inside you'll find a discussion of each of 150 "Main Attraction" movies, with a short synopsis of the story line and a review of the film's main spiritual ideas followed by related films and questions to help draw out themes and issues for discussion.

Author : Robert H. Woods Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1097 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313386558

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Evangelical Christians and Popular Culture by Robert H. Woods Jr. Pdf

This three-volume collection demonstrates the depth and breadth of evangelical Christians' consumption, critique, and creation of popular culture, and how evangelical Christians are both influenced by—and influence—mainstream popular culture, covering comic books to movies to social media. Evangelical Christians and Popular Culture: Pop Goes the Gospel addresses the full spectrum of evangelical media and popular culture offerings, even delving into lesser-known forms of evangelical popular culture such as comic books, video games, and theme parks. The chapters in this 3-volume work are written by over 50 authors who specialize in fields as diverse as history, theology, music, psychology, journalism, film and television studies, advertising, and public relations. Volume 1 examines film, radio and television, and the Internet; Volume 2 covers literature, music, popular art, and merchandise; and Volume 3 discusses public figures, popular press, places, and events. The work is intended for a scholarly audience but presents material in a student-friendly, accessible manner. Evangelical insiders will receive a fresh look at the wide variety of evangelical popular culture offerings, many of which will be unknown, while non-evangelical readers will benefit from a comprehensive introduction to the subject matter.

Author : Jeff Sellars
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725249776

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Imaginatio et Ratio: A Journal of Theology and the Arts, Volume 3, Issue 1 by Jeff Sellars Pdf

Imaginatio et Ratio (www.imaginatioetratio.org) is a peer reviewed journal primarily focusing on the intersection between the arts and theology, hoping to allow imagination and reason to be seen as intimately intertwined-as different expressions of the same divine truth. Imaginatio et Ratio was started in the hopes that it could serve a growing community of artists and thinkers and strives to present accessible but high quality art, literary fiction, creative non-fiction, and theology/philosophy-as well as interviews and book, film, art and music reviews. The journal is published twice a year and is available in print and digital formats.

Author : Marsha Sinetar
Publisher : Liguori/Triumph
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0892435291

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Reel Power by Marsha Sinetar Pdf

Author : Catherine M. Barsotti,Robert K. Johnston
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493410590

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God in the Movies by Catherine M. Barsotti,Robert K. Johnston Pdf

This informative guide helps readers combine their love of movies with their desire to grow closer to God. Foremost experts on faith and film, all connected with the Reel Spirituality Institute at Fuller Seminary, explore forty leading movies from the last four decades to encourage movie lovers and small groups to reflect critically and theologically on their film choices. God in the Movies introduces and analyzes the spiritual content of top films from the 1980s through the 2010s, opening viewers up to a conversation about life, faith, and God. Following a format similar to Barsotti and Johnston's successful Finding God in the Movies, this completely new book covers different films spanning four decades. This engaging resource contains production notes and film synopses, relevant Scripture texts, theological reflection, discussion questions, film stills, recommended film clips, and more, serving as a treasure chest for hours of film viewing, discussion, and ministry. Clips from the movies referenced in each chapter are available online.

Author : Sarah Welch-Larson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781725283008

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Becoming Alien by Sarah Welch-Larson Pdf

The Alien films are perceived to be a fractured franchise, each one loosely related to the others. They are nonlinear, complicated, convoluted: a collection of genre movies ranging from horror to war to farce. But on closer examination, the threads that bind together these films are strong and undeniable. The series is a model of Catherine Keller’s cosmology as a cycle of order out of chaos, an illustration of her concept of evil as discreation. When viewed through the lens of Keller’s Face of the Deep, the Alien films resolve into a cohesive whole. The series becomes six views of the idea of evil-as-exploitation, its origins, and its consequences. Each film expands on the concept of evil set forth by its predecessors, complicating that conception, and retroactively enriching readings of the films that came before.

Author : Frank Burch Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780190871192

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The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts by Frank Burch Brown Pdf

Nearly every form of religion or spirituality has a vital connection with art. Religions across the world, from Hinduism and Buddhism to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, have been involved over the centuries with a rich array of artistic traditions, both sacred and secular. In its uniquely multi-dimensional consideration of the topic, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts provides expert guidance to artistry and aesthetic theory in religion. The Handbook offers nearly forty original essays by an international team of leading scholars on the main topics, issues, methods, and resources for the study of religious and theological aesthetics. The volume ranges from antiquity to the present day to examine religious and artistic imagination, fears of idolatry, aesthetics in worship, and the role of art in social transformation and in popular religion-covering a full array of forms of media, from music and poetry to architecture and film. An authoritative text for scholars and students, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts will remain an invaluable resource for years to come.

Author : Paul Schrader
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520969148

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Transcendental Style in Film by Paul Schrader Pdf

With a new introduction, acclaimed director and screenwriter Paul Schrader revisits and updates his contemplation of slow cinema over the past fifty years. Unlike the style of psychological realism, which dominates film, the transcendental style expresses a spiritual state by means of austere camerawork, acting devoid of self-consciousness, and editing that avoids editorial comment. This seminal text analyzes the film style of three great directors—Yasujiro Ozu, Robert Bresson, and Carl Dreyer—and posits a common dramatic language used by these artists from divergent cultures. The new edition updates Schrader’s theoretical framework and extends his theory to the works of Andrei Tarkovsky (Russia), Béla Tarr (Hungary), Theo Angelopoulos (Greece), and Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey), among others. This key work by one of our most searching directors and writers is widely cited and used in film and art classes. With evocative prose and nimble associations, Schrader consistently urges readers and viewers alike to keep exploring the world of the art film.