Reel Spirituality

Reel Spirituality
Author: Robert K. Johnston
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2006-12
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0801031877

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

Reel Spirituality (Engaging Culture)

Reel Spirituality (Engaging Culture)
Author: Robert K. Johnston
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2006-12-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441200908

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

Finding God in the Movies

Finding God in the Movies
Author: Catherine M. Barsotti
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2004-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0801064813

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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.

Reel Power

Reel Power
Author: Marsha Sinetar
Publisher: Liguori/Triumph
Total Pages: 179
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780892435296

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The Bible and the Business of Life

The Bible and the Business of Life
Author: Simon Carey Holt
Publisher: ATF Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781920691240

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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.

Reel Spirit

Reel Spirit
Author: Raymond Teague
Publisher:
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2000
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780871592484

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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.

Becoming Alien

Becoming Alien
Author: Sarah Welch-Larson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-02-25
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 172528300X

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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.

How to Talk to a Movie

How to Talk to a Movie
Author: Elijah Lynn Davidson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2017-02-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532613148

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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.

God in the Movies

God in the Movies
Author: Catherine M. Barsotti
Publisher: Brazos Press
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2017-07-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493410598

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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.

Religion and Film: The Basics

Religion and Film: The Basics
Author: Jeanette Reedy Solano
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2021-12-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0429639708

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Religion and Film: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the history, diverse approaches, and ideas associated within the study of religion and film. Referencing films from around the world from the early 20th century to the present day, this unique introduction includes the following topics: the history and dynamics of religion and film various methods to approach religion and film the evolution of religion and film scholarship film genre and theory world religions and film unique themes—from race and gender roles to karma and redemption A fascinating range of films are discussed, from early silent films such as Hypocrites to recent releases such as Minari. Five genres are explored, including horror in The Wicker Man (UK) and Let the Right One In (Sweden), and world religions are analyzed in films such as OMG, The Big Lebowski, and Malcolm X. Tropes examined include gender in Water, karma in It’s a Wonderful Life, death in Biutiful, redemption in Magnolia, and evil in Get Out. With helpful features including recommendations for further study and key films to view, this book is an ideal starting point for students approaching religion and film for the first time as well as those interested in learning more about the field while broadening their methods, knowledge of film, and their film canon.