God in the Movies
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073RPT27S |
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| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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God in the Movies Bee Gee Excellent resource for a course on seeing evidence of God and the spiritual in non-religious movies. The book introduced me to movies I would not otherwise have viewed. Greeley is always a good read and expresses an insight not seen elsewhere.. A hodgepodge of criticism and theology In God and the Movies, Bergson and Greeley posit that God is portrayed in micro and macro ways in film. The macro portrayals of God are often epic Science Fiction and Fantasy movies, Star War being a prime example. The macro God is also cast in films with elements of magical realism they say:"The God of magical realism is a God of enormous power, a God who can make bells ring even when there are no bells, a God how causes a spring garden
His books include Faithful Attraction, The Denominational Society, Unsecular Man, Death and Beyond, and The Church and the Suburbs.Albert J. Bergesen is professor of sociology at the University of Arizona. He was professor of social science at the University of Chicago and member of its National Opinion Research Center (NORC). Greeley (1928-2013) was a Catholic priest, bes
Contrary to those who criticize Hollywood, popular movies very often have metaphorically represented God on the screen. The religious imagination is alive and well in the movies. From Clint Eastwood as an avenging angel in Pale Rider and Nicolas Cage as a lovesick angel in City of Angels to Jessica Lange as an angel of death in All That Jazz, and from George Burns as God in Oh, God! to Audrey Hepburn in Always to pure white light in Fearless and Flatliners, God is very much present in the movies.
of Arizona) and Greeley (social sciences, Univ. of Chicago) exegete popular Hollywood films (e.g., Ghost) and several international works to demonstrate that movies are about something ultimate and important. The authors combine their talents to tease out theological themes and symbols, and each separately examines specific films that image "God," analyzing what "She" might look like through these celluloid narrative forms… This likeable and affirming therapeutic work recognizes the rich values of story, the problem of evil, divine intervention and disclosure, and grace… Recommended for general readers.” —T. Lindvall, Choice. “After a divinely inspired preface by critic