The Gospel According to Hollywood

Informationen zum Autor Greg Garrett is the author of We Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to U2 ; The Gospel according to Hollywood ; Holy Superheroes! Revised and Expanded Edition : Exploring the Sacred in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Film ; and Stories from the Edge: A Theology of Grief . He is a novelist, a professor of English at Baylor University, the writer-inresidence at the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, and a licensed lay preacher in the Episcopal Church. Klappentext This book will thrill movie buffs and casual fans alike. In an engaging style! author Greg Garrett looks at the theological elements in dozens of classic and new classic Hollywood films! including a discussion about what the new openness to spirituality in the movies might mean for the future of American cinema and American religion. Zusammenfassung Looks at the theological elements in several Hollywood films! including a discussion about what the openness to spirituality in the movies might mean for the American cinema and American religion.

Product details

• Authors: Greg Garrett
• Publisher: Presbyterian publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.06.2007
• EAN: 9780664230524
• ISBN: 978-0-664-23052-4
• No. of pages: 173
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Gospel According To...; Gospel According To...
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works