Author: Marsh, Clive & Ortiz, Gaye; editors:
Title: Explorations in Theology and Film: Movies and Meaning
Description: Oxford, Blackwell Publishers, (1997). orig.boards. 23x15cm, ix, 286 pp. Minor rubbing. Small cover edge dent. VG. ¶ Contains 18 papers. Includes: D. Browne "Film, Movies, Meanings"; C. Marsh "Film & Theologies of Culture"; D.J. Graham "The Uses of Film in Theology";D. Roghoads & S. Roberts "From Domination to Mutuality in 'The Piano' & in the Gospel of Mark"; R. Banks "The Drama of Salvation in George Stevens's ' Shane'"; P. Malone "'Edwards Scissorhands': Christology from Suburban Fairy-Tale"; D.J. Graham "Redeeming Violence in the Films of Martin Scorese"; I. Maher "Liberation in 'Awakenings'"; W.R. Telford "Jesus Christ Movie Star: The Depiction of Jesus in the Cinema"; G. Ortiz & M. Roux "The 'Terminator' Movies: Hi-tech Holiness & the Human Condition"; R. Jewett "Stuck in Time: 'Kairos', 'Chronos' & the Flesh in 'Groundhog Day'";S. Brie & D. Torevell "Moral Ambiguity & Contradiction in 'Dead Poets Society'"; V. Roberts "Between Eden & Armageddon: Institutions, Individuals & Identification in 'The Mission','The Name of the Rose' & ' Priest'"; C. Marhs "The Spirituality of 'Shirley Valentine'"; C. Marsh " Did You Say 'Grace'? Eating in Community in 'Babette's Feast'"; S. Brown " Optimism, Hope & Feelgood Movies: The Capra Connection"; D. Jasper "On Systematizing the Unsystematic: A Response"; C. Marsh & G. Ortiz "Theology Beyond the Modern & the Postmodern: Future Agenda for Theology & Film".

Keywords: Film Criticism, Cinema, Movie, Christian Theology, Motion Pictures, Religion, , ,