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...
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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
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-302) and index
James F. Sennett: Part 1.The human conditionThe Citizen Kane Mutiny : what Hollywood knows and will never admit about life, love, and human relationships
Kelly J. Clark: Story-shaped lives in Big Fish
Greg Jesson: 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
R. Douglas Geivett: Part 2.Mind and knowledgeEscaping into reality : What we can learn from The Truman Show about the knowledge enterprise
David P. Hunt: The sleeper awakes : Gnosis and authenticity in The Matrix
Gregory E. Ganssle: Consciousness, memory, and identity : the nature of persons in three films by Charlie Kaufman
James S. Spiegel: What would have been and what could be : counterfactuals in It's a Wonderful Life and Run Lola Run
Dallas Willard: Part 3.The moral lifeLiberation through sensuality : cinematic moral vision in an age of feeling
Sara L. H. Shady: From a society of fear to a community of trust : moving beyond Bowling for Columbine
Caroline J. Simon: Vengeance, forgiveness and redemption in Mystic River
Brendan Sweetman: Moral monsters : horror's indispensable need for good and evilPart 4.Faith and religionReligion and science in Contact and 2001: a Space Odyssey
Winfried Corduan: Bottled water from the fragrant harbor : the diluted spiritual elements of Hong Kong films
Douglas K. Blount.: Rattle and film : U2, Niezsche and salvation in the blues
