Screening scripture : intertextual connections between scripture and film / edited by George Aichele and Richard Walsh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aichele, George.

Walsh, Richard G., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Religious aspects.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xvi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Harrisburg, Pa. : Trinity Press International, [2002]

Summary:

An intertextual examination of popular films and scripture.

Contents:

1. On finding a non-American revelation : end of days and the Book of Revelation / Richard Walsh

2. Of Gods and demons : blood sacrifice and eternal life in Dracula and the Apocalypse of John / Tina Pippin

3. Atomic anxiety in Cold War Britain : science, sin and uncertainity in nuclear monster films / Neal R. McCrillis

4. Alienation, sex, and an unsatisfactory ending : themes and features of stories old and new / Ralph J. Brabban

5. Coming-of-age in The Prince of Egypt / Jennifer Rohrer-Walsh

6. Sitcom mythology / George Aichele

7. Non-sense : total recall, Paul and the possibility of psychosis / Roland Boer

8. Gazing at impotence in Henry King's David and Bathsheba / Julie Kelso

9. Why girls cry : gender, melancholia, and sexual violence in Ezekiel 16 and Boys don't cry / Erin Runions

10. Meeting Patch again for the first time : purity and compassion in Marcus Borg, the Gospel of Mark, and Patch Adams / Jeffrey L. Staley

11. Learning from the Life of Brian : saviors for seminars / Carl Dyke

12. The characterization of Martin Riggs in Lethal weapon 1 : an archetypal hero / Fred Burnett

13. Paradoxical protagonists : Sling blade's Karl and Jesus Christ / Mark Roncace.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-321) and indexes.

ISBN:

1563383543

OCLC:

48754816