Flickering Images: Theology and Film in Dialogue (Regent's Study Guides, 12) - Softcover

 
9781573124584: Flickering Images: Theology and Film in Dialogue (Regent's Study Guides, 12)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1573124583 ISBN 13: 9781573124584
Publisher: Smyth & Helwys Pub, 2005

Synopsis

The cinema business is booming, and shelves laden with videos and DVDs are on display in local video libraries and chain stores. Studies of the relationship between film and Christian theology are also growing in number, but this collection of essays has the special aim of offering help to those who want to draw on current films in church services or in small study groups. Questions of theory are kept in mind, especially in the first part of the book, which explores theological, existential and ideological approaches to film. But the writers never forget their concern for the practical needs of pastors, preachers and study-group leaders. The second part of the book thus aims to model a variety of ways of holding the dialogue between film and theology, with examples which include romantic comedies, 'block-busters', sci-fi and fantasy. The format of the third part is designed for reflecting on a film in a group context, each chapter providing a detailed synopsis followed by a series of

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Publisher
Smyth & Helwys Pub
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1573124583
ISBN 13 
9781573124584
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
310
Editor
Clark Anthonie J., Fiddes Paul S.