Explorations in Theology and Film: An Introduction / Edition 1

Explorations in Theology and Film: An Introduction / Edition 1

by Clive Marsh, Gaye Ortiz
ISBN-10:
0631203567
ISBN-13:
9780631203568
Pub. Date:
12/08/1997
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN-10:
0631203567
ISBN-13:
9780631203568
Pub. Date:
12/08/1997
Publisher:
Wiley
Explorations in Theology and Film: An Introduction / Edition 1

Explorations in Theology and Film: An Introduction / Edition 1

by Clive Marsh, Gaye Ortiz
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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780631203568
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 12/08/1997
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Clive Marsh lectures in theology, religious and cultural studies at the University College of Ripon and York St. John, England, and in the Biblical Studies Department of the University of Sheffield. His interests include the history of quests of the historical Jesus, and modern and contemporary systematic theology. He is currently working on a book on Christology, using art and film as resource material.

Gaye Ortiz lectures in theology, religious and cultural studies at the University College of Ripon and York St. John, England, and is a media writer and broadcaster, specializing in theology and the media. She is a member of the Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain and a founder member of the Leeds Diocesan Media Commission. As a member of ICOC (the International Catholic Organisation for Cinema) she has served on international film festival juries, twice as jury president. Together with Stephen Brown she has co-ordinated Faith and Film for the Leeds International Film Festival.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors.

List of Plates.

Introduction (Clive Marsh and Gaye Ortiz).

Part One.

1. Film, Movies, and Meanings (David Browne).

2. Film and Theologies of Culture (Clive Marsh).

3. The Uses of Film in Theology (David John Graham).

Part Two.

4. From Domination to Mutuality in The Piano and in the Gospel of Mark (David Rhoads and Sandra Roberts).

5. The Drama of Salvatin in George Stevens's Shane (Robert Banks).

6. Edward Scissorhands: Christology from a Suburban Fairy-tale (Peter Malone).

7. Redeeming Violence in the Films of Martin Scorsese (David John Graham).

8. Liberation in Awakenings (Ian Maher).

9. Jesus Christ Movie Star: The Depiction of Jesus in the Cinema (William R. Telford).

10. The Terminator Movies: Hi-Tech Holiness and the Human Condition (Gaye Ortiz and Maggie Roux).

11. Stuck in Time: Kairos, Chromos, ad the Flesh in Groundhog Day (Robert Jewett).

12. Moral Ambiguity and Contradiction in Dead Poets Society (Stephen Brie and David Torevell).

13. Between Eden and Armageddon: Institutions, Individuals, and Identification the the Mission, the Name of the Rose, and Priest (Vaughan Roberts).

14. The Spirituality of Shirley Valentine (Clive Marsh).

15. Did You Say "Grace"?: Eating in Community in babette's Feast (Clive Marsh).

16. Optimism, Hope, and Feelgood Movies: The Capra Connection (Stephen Brown).

Part Three: .

17. On Systematizing the unsystematic?: A response (David Jasper).

18. Theology Beyond the Modern and the Postmodern: A Future Agenda for theology and Film (Clive Marsh and Gaye Ortiz).

Annotated bibliography.

Index of Biblical references.

Film Index.

General Index.

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