03940nam a2200613Ia 4500 ocn857144697 OCoLC 20200709055829.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130828s2007 ilu ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780830825899 0830825894 9780830875184 (electronic bk.) 0830875182 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)857144697 579540 (N$T) PN1995.5 .F35 2007 PER 009000 bisacsh 791.43/75 23 N$TA Faith, film and philosophy [electronic resource] : big ideas on the big screen / 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. 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. Part 1. The human condition -- The Citizen Kane Mutiny : what Hollywood knows and will never admit about life, love, and human relationships / James F. Sennett -- Story-shaped lives in Big Fish / Kelly J. Clark -- 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 / Greg Jesson -- Part 2. Mind and knowledge -- Escaping into reality : What we can learn from The Truman Show about the knowledge enterprise / R. Douglas Geivett -- The sleeper awakes : Gnosis and authenticity in The Matrix / David P. Hunt -- Consciousness, memory, and identity : the nature of persons in three films by Charlie Kaufman / Gregory E. Ganssle -- What would have been and what could be : counterfactuals in It's a Wonderful Life and Run Lola Run / James S. Spiegel -- Part 3. The moral life -- Liberation through sensuality : cinematic moral vision in an age of feeling / Dallas Willard -- From a society of fear to a community of trust : moving beyond Bowling for Columbine / Sara L. H. Shady -- Vengeance, forgiveness and redemption in Mystic River / Caroline J. Simon -- Moral monsters : horror's indispensable need for good and evil -- Part 4. Faith and religion -- Religion and science in Contact and 2001: a Space Odyssey / Brendan Sweetman -- Bottled water from the fragrant harbor : the diluted spiritual elements of Hong Kong films / Winfried Corduan -- Rattle and film : U2, Niezsche and salvation in the blues / Douglas K. Blount. Description based on print version record. Motion pictures Moral and ethical aspects. Motion pictures Religious aspects. Film Motiv Religion. idsbb Religion Motiv Film. idsbb Film Philosophie. idsbb Philosophie Film. idsbb Ethik. idszbz Religion. idszbz Moral. idszbz Film. idszbz Philosophie. idszbz Film. swd Christentum. swd Philosophie. swd USA. swd PERFORMING ARTS / Reference bisacsh Electronic books. Geivett, R. Douglas. Spiegel, James S., 1963- Print version: Faith, film and philosophy. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2007 9780830825899 (DLC) 2007026753 (OCoLC)154677438 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=579540 EBSCOhost EBSC 579540 cpp6067 02 N$T 53195 53195