Faith, Film and Philosophy: Big Ideas on the Big Screen'THOSE WHO TELL STORIES RULE SOCIETY. PLATO.... So who today are our principal storytellers? Not philosophers, but filmmakers. For those who know both the enormous entertainment potential and the culture-shaping power of film, this book will stir mind and imagination. For great stories freight world-sized ideas, ideas worthy of contemplation a... |
Contents
The Citizen Kane Mutiny | 3 |
StoryShaped Lives in Big Fish | 33 |
Defining Love Through the Eye of the Lens | 60 |
Escaping into Reality | 93 |
Consciousness Memory and Identity | 160 |
What Would Have Been and What Could Be | 189 |
Liberation Through Sensuality | 223 |
From a Society of Fear to a Community of Trust | 252 |
Vengeance Forgiveness and Redemption in Mystic | 281 |
Religion and Science in Contact and 2001 A Space | 343 |
Contributors | 468 |
Back Cover Material | 514 |
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Faith, Film and Philosophy: Big Ideas on the Big Screen R. Douglas Geivett,James S. Spiegel Limited preview - 2007 |
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