The Gospel According to HollywoodWestminster John Knox Press, 1 ian. 2007 - 173 pagini This book will thrill movie buffs and casual fans alike. In an engaging style, author Greg Garrett looks at the theological elements in dozens of classic and new classic Hollywood films, including a discussion about what the new openness to spirituality in the movies might mean for the future of American cinema and American religion. |
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Pagina ix
... it's my hope that all of these birds will roost happily together as night falls . Chris Seay started me down this road , and continues to walk alongside me . His insights and encouragement have been instru- mental in my writing this ...
... it's my hope that all of these birds will roost happily together as night falls . Chris Seay started me down this road , and continues to walk alongside me . His insights and encouragement have been instru- mental in my writing this ...
Pagina xiii
... its , which is my practice , and then remained seated thinking after the lights came up , which isn't . To paraphrase Jules ( Samuel L. Jackson ) , one of the film's gangsters : In the words , images , and action of Pulp Fiction , I ...
... its , which is my practice , and then remained seated thinking after the lights came up , which isn't . To paraphrase Jules ( Samuel L. Jackson ) , one of the film's gangsters : In the words , images , and action of Pulp Fiction , I ...
Pagina xiv
... its story of Jules's redemption, its account of Vincent first receiving the wages of sin and then experiencing a miraculous sec- ond birth, its depiction of people behaving with uncharacteristic kindness and generosity in difficult ...
... its story of Jules's redemption, its account of Vincent first receiving the wages of sin and then experiencing a miraculous sec- ond birth, its depiction of people behaving with uncharacteristic kindness and generosity in difficult ...
Pagina xvi
... a movie that was an essen- tial part of the faith journey for me and for many others, it's important to note that a vast number of Americans consider this movie not only un - Christian but sinful , both xvi Introduction.
... a movie that was an essen- tial part of the faith journey for me and for many others, it's important to note that a vast number of Americans consider this movie not only un - Christian but sinful , both xvi Introduction.
Pagina xvii
... its main character's active engagement with God , but which the Office for Film and Broadcasting condemns as a ... its plot and characters , its images and tone , its landscape and point of view—not from any heavy-handed moralizing or ...
... its main character's active engagement with God , but which the Office for Film and Broadcasting condemns as a ... its plot and characters , its images and tone , its landscape and point of view—not from any heavy-handed moralizing or ...
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Pagina 114 - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
Pagina 18 - Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.
Pagina 110 - If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled", without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?
Pagina 154 - I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me, as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Pagina 111 - I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.
Pagina 169 - I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.
Pagina 92 - Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Pagina 36 - In the temple he found people selling cattle. sheep. and doves. and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords. he drove all of them out of the temple. both the sheep and the cattle.
Pagina 92 - For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.