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{en} Clive Marsh, and Gaye Williams Ortiz, eds. Explorations in Theology and Film: Movies and Meaning. Malden, Mass. : Blackwell, 1998.

Abstract

"Explorations in Theology and Film brings together theologians, biblical scholars, film and media specialists, and experts in language and literature to consider the potential of films contribution to contemporary Christian theological discussion. The main focus of the book is on the creative conversation between film and theology in the contemporary West, and it raises crucial questions about the interaction between theology and culture. Explorations in Theology and Film will be an invaluable resource to students and those researching in the areas of theology and religion as well as media and cultural studies."--

Contents

Films, movies, meanings / David Browne -- Film and theologies of culture / Clive Marsh -- The uses of film in theology / David John Graham -- From domination to mutuality in The Piano and in the Gospel of Mark / David Rhoads and Sandra Roberts -- The drama of salvation in George Steven's Shane / Robert Banks -- Edward Scissorhands : christology from a suburban fairy-tale / Peter Malone -- Redeeming violence in the films of Martin Scorsese / David John Graham -- Liberation in Awakenings / Ian Maher -- Jesus Christ movie star : the depiction of Jesus in the cinema / William R. Telford -- The Terminator movies : hi-tech holiness and the human condition / Gaye Ortiz and Maggie Roux -- Stuck in time : kairos, chronos and the flesh in Groundhog Day / Robert Jewett -- Moral ambiguity and contradiction in Dead Poets Society / Stephen Brie and David Torevell -- Between Eden and Armageddon: institutions, individuals, and identification in The Mission, The Name of the Rose, and Priest / Vaughan Roberts -- The spirituality of Shirley Valentine / Clive Marsh -- Did you say "grace"? : eating in community in Babette's Feast / Clive Marsh -- Optimism, hope, and feelgood movies : the Capra connection / Stephen Brown -- On systematizing the unsystematic : a response / David Jasper -- Theology beyond the modern and the postmodern: a future agenda for theology and film / Clive Marsh and Gaye Ortiz.

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