Transforming culture : a model for faith and film in Hollywood / [print]
Christine Gunn-Danforth.
- Eugene, Or. : Wipf and Stock, (c)2009.
- xiv, 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Johannesburg, 2004 under the title: The story of Jonah as a model for a new, biblically based moving-image genre.
Theology of communication : is there a model for faith and film in Hollywood? -- A prophetic imagination purpose -- Socio-rhetorical criticism as methodology and its relation to the interdisciplinary models -- Introduction to interdisciplinary models -- Model one : prophetic theology -- A case study in prophetic theology : the book of Jonah -- Model two : managing messages : communication theory -- Toward a message : the socio-cultural context of the book of Jonah -- Edutainment : ideological and sacred elements in the book of Jonah -- Model three : communicating transcendtal meaning by telling stories -- Jonahre : a new genre -- Final applications of Jonahre.
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Bible.--Jonah--Socio-rhetorical criticism.
Religion in motion pictures. Religious broadcasting--Christianity. Mass media in religion. Pastoral theology.