Saint Paul at the movies : the apostle's dialogue with American culture /

Jewett, Robert,

Saint Paul at the movies : the apostle's dialogue with American culture / [print] Robert Jewett. - first edition. - Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster/John Knox Press, (c)1993. - 186 pages ; 20 cm.



Prologue : Pauline theology takes in the movies -- Star wars and "the force" of Paul's gospel -- Amadeus : sin, salvation, and Salieri -- A separate peace with Adam's fall -- The mysterious God of Tender mercies -- Righteous Gentiles in Grand Canyon -- Tootsie and the comfort of Christ -- Earthen vessels and Ordinary people -- Empire of the sun and the death of innocence -- The disguise of vengeance in Pale rider -- Works of darkness in Red dawn -- Epilogue : "Saint" Paul and Dead Poets Society.



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Bible.--Epistles of Paul--Theology.


Motion pictures--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Culture in motion pictures.

BS2652 BS2652.J59.S256 1993