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1 online resource (433 p.) |
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Cover -- Protestants on Screen -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Introduction Part I: Why Protestants and Film -- Introduction Part II: What Is Religion and Why Is It Important in Film? -- Introduction Part III: What Is Protestantism? -- Introduction Part IV: Protestantism and Film-Historical Overview -- Introduction Part V: Protestant Film Aesthetics -- Introduction Part VI: Chapter Overview -- PART I HISTORY AND THEORY OF PROTESTANTISM IN RELIGION AND FILM STUDIES |
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1. Protestant Responses to Hollywood, Censorship, and Art Cinema, by William D. Romanowski -- 2. Independent Protestant Film, from the Silent Era to Its Resurgence, by Andrew Quicke -- 3. Protestant Themes Within Secular Models of Salvation-"Redeemed" or Just "a Bit Happier"? The Example of Crazy Heart, by Clive Marsh -- PART II THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION ON SCREEN -- 4. "Here I Stand I Can Do No Other": Martin Luther in German and American Biopics, by Esther P. Wipfler -- 5. The Vexed Man: Oliver Cromwell and the English Reformation and Civil War on Screen, by Gastón Espinosa |
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6. Propaganda, Blasphemy, and the Savage God in Witchfinder General and The Wicker Man, by Victor Sage -- PART III PROTESTANT INFLUENCES IN EUROPEAN ART FILMS -- 7. Words Versus "the Word": Language and Scripture in Ingmar Bergman's Films and Writings, by Maaret Koskinen -- 8. Protestant Miracle in Dreyer's Ordet, by Mark Le Fanu -- 9. Babette's Feast: Protestant Pietism, the Conflict of Spirit and Flesh, and Reconciliatory Grace in the Danish Babette's Feast, by Kjell O. Lejon -- 10. Protestant Ambivalence Toward Allegory in Wim Wenders's The Scarlet Letter, by Erik Redling |
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PART IV PROTESTANT EXPERIENCE IN AMERICAN MOVIES -- 11. "Where Were You?" The Problem of Evil in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, by Mark S. M. Scott -- 12. "Holy Ghost Power!" in Robert Duvall's The Apostle, by Gastón Espinosa and Jason Stevens -- 13. Sinner or Saint? Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in Selma, by Julius H. Bailey -- 14. The Religious Motif of Mountains in Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?, by Melanie Johnson -- 15. A Tender View of Conservative Evangelicalism in Higher Ground, by Paula M. Kane |
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16. Evangelicals and Star Wars: Appropriating a Culture from a Galaxy Far, Far Away, by Alex Wainer -- PART V PROTESTANT THEMES IN FILM GENRES -- 17. The Rise and Fall of Evangelical Protestant Apocalyptic Horror: From A Thief in the Night to Left Behind and Beyond, by Timothy Beal -- 18. The Western: Radical Forgiveness in Unforgiven, by Sara Anson Vaux -- 19. Protestant Pacifist: War and Pacifism in Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge, by Matthew S. Rindge -- 20. Film Noir, Calvinism, and Self-Surveillance in Paul Schrader's Hardcore, by Jason Stevens |
| Summary |
Protestants on Screen explores the Protestant contributions to American and European film from the silent era to the present day. The authors analyze how Protestant filmmakers, beliefs, theology, symbols, sensibilities, and cultural patterns have shaped the history of film |
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Motion pictures -- Europe -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches
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Motion pictures -- United States -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches
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Motion pictures -- Religious aspects -- Protestantism
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Motion pictures -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches.
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Motion pictures -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches.
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Religion & beliefs.
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Religion.
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Europe.
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United States.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Espinosa, Gastón, editor
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Redling, Erik, editor
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Stevens, Jason W., 1975- editor.
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| ISBN |
0190058927 |
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9780190058920 |
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