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Film and Faith

Modern Cinema and the Struggle to Believe

Film and Faith( )
Editor: Watson, Micah
Holloway, Carson
Contribution by: Watson, Micah
Holloway, Carson
Ballor, Jordan J.
McWilliams Barndt, Susan
Beckwith, Francis J.
Carlson, Kirstin
Dever, J. Columcille
Franck, Matthew J.
Frey, Jennifer
McPherson, David
Olson, R. Michael
Tollefsen, Christopher
Series title:Politics, Literature, and Film Ser.
ISBN:978-1-6669-3405-2
Publication Date:Dec 2023
Publisher:Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Book Format:Digital (delivered electronically)
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Book Description:

In this edited volume twelve scholars of philosophy, political theory, and theology consider the role of religious ideas in several modern films. The authors explore how these films grapple with themes such as sin and judgment, grace and reconciliation, and the confrontation of good with radical evil.

Book Details
Pages:220
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 Inches
Author Biography
(Editor)
Francis J. Beckwith received a M.A. and PhD. from Fordham University and a M.J.S. from the Washington University School of Law, St. Louis. He is a Professor of philosophy and church-state studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He has held visiting full-time academic appointments at Princeton University, University of Notre Dame, and the University of Colorado, Boulder.

He is the author of many books including Defending Life: A Moral and Legal Case Against Abortion Choice, Return to Rome: Confessions of an Evangelical Catholic, Politics for Christians: Statecraft As Soulcraft, and Taking Rites Seriously: Law, Politics, and the Reasonableness of Faith, which won the 2016 American Academy of Religion Book Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion in Constructive-Reflective Studies.

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