The Gospel according to Disney: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust

by Mark I. Pinsky

Overview

In this follow-up to his bestselling The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family, religion journalist Mark Pinsky explores the role that the animated features of Walt Disney played on the moral and spiritual development of generations of children. Pinsky explores thirty-one of the most popular Disney films, as well as recent developments such as the 1990s boycott of Disney by the Southern Baptist Convention and the role that Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg played in the resurgance of the company since the mid-1980s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664225919
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	07/14/2004
Series:	The Gospel according to...
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mark I. Pinsky is the author of The Gospel according to The Simpsons (with Samuel Parvin), The Gospel according to Disney, and A Jew among the Evangelicals. His writing has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and the Columbia Journalism Review. He appears frequently in national media discussing religion and culture.