Deep Focus: Film and Theology in Dialogue
- ISBN-10
- 154096003X
- ISBN-13
- 9781540960030
- Series
- Deep Focus
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-03-19
- Publisher
- Baker Academic
- Authors
- Robert K. Johnston, Craig Detweiler, Kutter Callaway
Description
Three media experts guide the serious Christian moviegoer into a theological conversation with movies in this up-to-date, readable introduction to Christian theology and film. Building on the success of Robert Johnston's Reel Spirituality, the leading textbook in the field for the past 17 years, Deep Focus helps film lovers not only watch movies critically and theologically but also see beneath the surface of their moving images. The book discusses a wide variety of classic and contemporary films and is illustrated with film stills from favorite movies.
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