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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... Grace and Redemption: If the World Is Filled with Evil, How Do We Find Salvation? 82 5. Peace and Justice: How Do We Live a Righteous Life? 108 6. The Church and the Christian: What Does It Mean to Be a Believer in Contemporary America ...
... Grace and Redemption: If the World Is Filled with Evil, How Do We Find Salvation? 82 5. Peace and Justice: How Do We Live a Righteous Life? 108 6. The Church and the Christian: What Does It Mean to Be a Believer in Contemporary America ...
Pagina x
... grace and humor, and encouraged me to do the work God has given me. Thanks to all of you for the good work you do, and for the way your work has shaped my life for the better. This book as well is immeasurably better because of you. I'm ...
... grace and humor, and encouraged me to do the work God has given me. Thanks to all of you for the good work you do, and for the way your work has shaped my life for the better. This book as well is immeasurably better because of you. I'm ...
Pagina xiii
... grace , and I was spiritually moved in a way I hadn't been in a church since — well , maybe ever . When the movie was over , I sat quietly through the closing cred- its , which is my practice , and then remained seated thinking after ...
... grace , and I was spiritually moved in a way I hadn't been in a church since — well , maybe ever . When the movie was over , I sat quietly through the closing cred- its , which is my practice , and then remained seated thinking after ...
Pagina xiv
... Grace” to convey some of its characters to a new life. The first time I saw Pulp Fiction, I noticed some of these things, but I had no idea then that the movie would be discussed in books on the Bible and film, film and spirituality, or ...
... Grace” to convey some of its characters to a new life. The first time I saw Pulp Fiction, I noticed some of these things, but I had no idea then that the movie would be discussed in books on the Bible and film, film and spirituality, or ...
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... grace . The movie American Beauty contains several such scenes that suggest we live in a universe charged with meaning . Lester Burn- ham ( Kevin Spacey ) insists at the beginning and end of the film that there is a pattern and a grand ...
... grace . The movie American Beauty contains several such scenes that suggest we live in a universe charged with meaning . Lester Burn- ham ( Kevin Spacey ) insists at the beginning and end of the film that there is a pattern and a grand ...
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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.