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 xvi
... courses on film and theology. Not everyone is jumping on board this fast-accelerating band- wagon, of course. While Pulp Fiction is a movie that was an essen- tial part of the faith journey for me and for many others, it's important to ...
... courses on film and theology. Not everyone is jumping on board this fast-accelerating band- wagon, of course. While Pulp Fiction is a movie that was an essen- tial part of the faith journey for me and for many others, it's important to ...
Pagina xix
... course, that even the Bible, the central source of faith and religious authority for most Christians, is the product of bad role models—Moses, who was a murderer and a chronic com- plainer, is reputed to have written the first five ...
... course, that even the Bible, the central source of faith and religious authority for most Christians, is the product of bad role models—Moses, who was a murderer and a chronic com- plainer, is reputed to have written the first five ...
Pagina 1
... course, maybe even on behalf of a petulant actor—who presided over a miniature reality like a miniature God. Hollywood history gives us plenty of examples of autocratic producers like David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind) and directors ...
... course, maybe even on behalf of a petulant actor—who presided over a miniature reality like a miniature God. Hollywood history gives us plenty of examples of autocratic producers like David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind) and directors ...
Pagina 4
... course a definition of what God is and does could fill volumes (and in the hands of some theologians, has). Traditional Christian belief suggests that God created us, sustains us, and offers us the opportunity to become, somehow, one ...
... course a definition of what God is and does could fill volumes (and in the hands of some theologians, has). Traditional Christian belief suggests that God created us, sustains us, and offers us the opportunity to become, somehow, one ...
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... course , he is simultaneously a supernatural messenger from God and hunky Cary Grant ) , but while the movie is as charming as Michael is not , viewers might rightfully feel a little strange about the implied attraction between ...
... course , he is simultaneously a supernatural messenger from God and hunky Cary Grant ) , but while the movie is as charming as Michael is not , viewers might rightfully feel a little strange about the implied attraction between ...
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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.