- Paperback: 248 pages
- Publisher: Authentic / Demaris (July 1 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1904753159
- ISBN-13: 978-1904753155
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 14 x 1.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 281 g
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This is an extremely insightful guide to the movies. It will help anyone engage thoughtfully with what films are trying to say in our contemporary culture. Covering a wide range of film, classic and modern, Tony Watkins demonstrates the importance of understanding the worldviews that have influenced them. I highly recommend reading this book before your next trip to the cineplex! -- Chris Sinkinson, Pastor and lecturer in apologetics, Moorlands College All of us know the influence of film in contemporary society but we often lack the necessary equipment to both understand and engage with the medium. With no reliable compass, Christians can often stray into the territories of Irrational Avoidance, Dangerous Assimilation or Embarrassing 'Christianizing'. Tony Watkins knows about films and film making, but more importantly he has developed an all-encompassing Christian worldview through which he can faithfully analyse the medium. In this book, he gives us a map of biblical reality that will enable Christians to penetrate deeply into The Art and Soul of Cinema. For our own holiness, for those we seek to evangelise, and for Christ's Lordship over all of culture (including film) this book is a welcome help and guide. -- Daniel Strange, Lecturer in Culture, Religion and Public Theology, Oak Hill Theological College, London
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People love films. Whether it is going out for an evening to the cinema or curling up at home with a DVD, movies are one of our favourite forms of entertainment. It is important for our Christian growth that we learn to watch films thoughtfully rather than just seeing them as entertainment. It's important that we understand the messages which films communicate and how they relate to the good news of Jesus Christ. There are also important sections on 'questions to consider when watching a film' and 'the problem of content - sex and violence'.
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Popular culture can be a way in to the Christian good news
May 8 2012
Format:Paperback
A thought-provoking cartoon of two missionaries (named Mish and Meedja - geddit?) shows them walking through a street, one saying, "I give up! I just can't find a way to reach these people." Around them are shops and stalls selling comics, and everyone is reading them.
Most people in most cultures spend a considerable part of their leisure time in the world of story - films (cinema and TV) and books. Using culture as a way in to the good news about Jesus therefore seems almost essential. In this vital book, culture-watch guru Tony Watkins, of Damaris.org, writes about cinema with great insight and clarity. He divides his writing into three 'reels'. The first explains how worldview inevitably shapes films and their obvious or implied messages. His second explains how films communicate - the methods that film-makers use to tell a story. And the third reel helps us understand and interpret what films are actually saying. Although other books (e.g. Hollywood Worldviews) cover some of this material, no one else seems to have drawn it all into one volume.
Should you read it? If you are a web writer or blogger, yes. If you are a preacher, yes. If you ever talk to work-mates or friends about TV or film, yes. That really means everyone, right?
Most people in most cultures spend a considerable part of their leisure time in the world of story - films (cinema and TV) and books. Using culture as a way in to the good news about Jesus therefore seems almost essential. In this vital book, culture-watch guru Tony Watkins, of Damaris.org, writes about cinema with great insight and clarity. He divides his writing into three 'reels'. The first explains how worldview inevitably shapes films and their obvious or implied messages. His second explains how films communicate - the methods that film-makers use to tell a story. And the third reel helps us understand and interpret what films are actually saying. Although other books (e.g. Hollywood Worldviews) cover some of this material, no one else seems to have drawn it all into one volume.
Should you read it? If you are a web writer or blogger, yes. If you are a preacher, yes. If you ever talk to work-mates or friends about TV or film, yes. That really means everyone, right?
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