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How might film reveal God?In its most basic form, film is a series of images displayed over time. Of course, film has developed greatly since the LumiĆØre brothers by adding components such as sound, special effects, digital recording, and more to create an increasingly complex artistic medium. Historically, film studies has often focused on the narrative aspect of film as it seeks to tell a story. More recent studies, however, have turned attention to other elements of film, such as the musical score. Yet, film remains, in a sense, a series of images.In this Studies in Theology and the Arts (STA) volume, theologian Richard Goodwin considers how the images that constitute film might be a conduit of God's revelation. By considering works by Carl Theodor Dreyer, Stanley Kubrick, Paul Thomas Anderson, Robert Bresson, Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, and more, Goodwin argues that by inviting emotional responses, film images can be a medium of divine revelation.Blessed are those who have seen God... through film.The Studies in Theology and the Arts? series encourages Christians to thoughtfully engage with the relationship between their faith and artistic expression, with contributions from both theologians and artists on a range of artistic media including visual art, music, poetry, literature, film, and more.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One: Lenses onĀ Revelation
- Part Two: Pictures of Revelation
- Conclusion: Seeing IsĀ Believing
- Movies Cited
- Bibliography
- Image Credits
- Notes
- General Index
- Scripture Index
- Praise forĀ Seeing IsĀ Believing
- About theĀ Author
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