Faith, film and philosophy
Faith, film and philosophy big ideas on the big screen / [electronic resource] :
edited by R. Douglas Geivett and James S. Spiegel.
- Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2007.
- 1 online resource (311 p.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-302) and index.
The human condition -- The Citizen Kane Mutiny : what Hollywood knows and will never admit about life, love, and human relationships / Story-shaped lives in Big Fish / Defining love through the eye of the lens : romance, sex, and the human condition in Pretty Woman, Legends of the Fall and The Bridges of Madison County / Mind and knowledge -- Escaping into reality : What we can learn from The Truman Show about the knowledge enterprise / The sleeper awakes : Gnosis and authenticity in The Matrix / Consciousness, memory, and identity : the nature of persons in three films by Charlie Kaufman / What would have been and what could be : counterfactuals in It's a Wonderful Life and Run Lola Run / The moral life -- Liberation through sensuality : cinematic moral vision in an age of feeling / From a society of fear to a community of trust : moving beyond Bowling for Columbine / Vengeance, forgiveness and redemption in Mystic River / Moral monsters : horror's indispensable need for good and evil -- Faith and religion -- Religion and science in Contact and 2001: a Space Odyssey / Bottled water from the fragrant harbor : the diluted spiritual elements of Hong Kong films / Rattle and film : U2, Niezsche and salvation in the blues / James F. Sennett -- Kelly J. Clark -- Greg Jesson -- R. Douglas Geivett -- David P. Hunt -- Gregory E. Ganssle -- James S. Spiegel -- Dallas Willard -- Sara L. H. Shady -- Caroline J. Simon -- Brendan Sweetman -- Winfried Corduan -- Douglas K. Blount. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4.
Fourteen essays consider classic and current films together with several major philosophical themes, all within the context of Christian faith: (1) the human condition, (2) the human mind and the nature of knowing, (3) the moral life, and (4) faith and religion.
9780830875184 (electronic bk.) 0830875182 (electronic bk.)
Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects.
Motion pictures--Religious aspects.
Film--Motiv--Religion.
Religion--Motiv--Film.
Film--Philosophie.
Philosophie--Film.
Ethik.
Religion.
Moral.
Film.
Philosophie.
Film.
Christentum.
Philosophie.
PERFORMING ARTS / Reference
USA.
Electronic books.
PN1995.5 / .F35 2007
791.43/75
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-302) and index.
The human condition -- The Citizen Kane Mutiny : what Hollywood knows and will never admit about life, love, and human relationships / Story-shaped lives in Big Fish / Defining love through the eye of the lens : romance, sex, and the human condition in Pretty Woman, Legends of the Fall and The Bridges of Madison County / Mind and knowledge -- Escaping into reality : What we can learn from The Truman Show about the knowledge enterprise / The sleeper awakes : Gnosis and authenticity in The Matrix / Consciousness, memory, and identity : the nature of persons in three films by Charlie Kaufman / What would have been and what could be : counterfactuals in It's a Wonderful Life and Run Lola Run / The moral life -- Liberation through sensuality : cinematic moral vision in an age of feeling / From a society of fear to a community of trust : moving beyond Bowling for Columbine / Vengeance, forgiveness and redemption in Mystic River / Moral monsters : horror's indispensable need for good and evil -- Faith and religion -- Religion and science in Contact and 2001: a Space Odyssey / Bottled water from the fragrant harbor : the diluted spiritual elements of Hong Kong films / Rattle and film : U2, Niezsche and salvation in the blues / James F. Sennett -- Kelly J. Clark -- Greg Jesson -- R. Douglas Geivett -- David P. Hunt -- Gregory E. Ganssle -- James S. Spiegel -- Dallas Willard -- Sara L. H. Shady -- Caroline J. Simon -- Brendan Sweetman -- Winfried Corduan -- Douglas K. Blount. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4.
Fourteen essays consider classic and current films together with several major philosophical themes, all within the context of Christian faith: (1) the human condition, (2) the human mind and the nature of knowing, (3) the moral life, and (4) faith and religion.
9780830875184 (electronic bk.) 0830875182 (electronic bk.)
Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects.
Motion pictures--Religious aspects.
Film--Motiv--Religion.
Religion--Motiv--Film.
Film--Philosophie.
Philosophie--Film.
Ethik.
Religion.
Moral.
Film.
Philosophie.
Film.
Christentum.
Philosophie.
PERFORMING ARTS / Reference
USA.
Electronic books.
PN1995.5 / .F35 2007
791.43/75
