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W ILLIAM A. D YRNESS
AND R OBERT K. J OHNS TON ,
SERIES EDITORS
The Engaging Culture series is designed to help Christians respond with theological discernment to our contemporary culture. Each volume explores particular cultural expressions, seeking to discover Gods presence in the world and to involve readers in sympathetic dialogue and active discipleship. These books encourage neither an uninformed rejection nor an uncritical embrace of culture, but active engagement informed by theological reflection.
2019 by Robert K. Johnston, Craig Detweiler, and Kutter Callaway
Published by Baker Academic
a division of Baker Publishing Group
PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
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Ebook edition created 2019
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meansfor example, electronic, photocopy, recordingwithout the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4934-1691-2
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
Scripture quotations labeled KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible.
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To our family, friends, colleagues,
and students
who, like the finest films,
continually prod us
to open our eyes so that we may see
and our ears so that we may hear
Cover
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Phoropter for Film
Coming Attractions
1. The Power of Film
2. The Church and Hollywood: A Historical Lens
Act I: Film
3. Fade In: A Narrative Lens
4. Sights and Sounds: An Audiovisual Lens
5. Where Form Meets Feeling: A Critical Lens
Act II: Theology
6. A Diverse Church Responds: An Ecclesial Lens
7. Discerning Mystery: A Theological Lens
8. Expanding Our Field of Vision: An Ethical Lens
Act III: Dialogue
9. Encountering the Other: A Cultural Lens
10. The Trauma of Love in the Films of Christopher Nolan: Converging Lenses
Epilogue: A Deeper Focus
Notes
Select Bibliography of Theology and Film
Film Index
General Index
Back Cover
This book reflects a combined sixty years of teaching classes in film and theology by the three of us. We thank the several thousand students we have had whose collective wisdom shines forth on every page. Our book has taken on depth and texture because of the insights and questions of these students, whether at Fuller Seminary, Biola University, Regent College, California State University Fullerton, Pepperdine University, Acadia School of Theology, or the Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. We would also like to thank our many colleagues in the academy and in the film industry who have shaped our research and writing on theology and film. We are deeply indebted to this community of scholars and practitioners who not only inspire our work but also share our love of moving pictures.
Craig and Kutter would also like to offer an additional word of thanks to Rob Johnston, our mentor, colleague, and dear friend. It is not often that one gets the chance to learn from a person who literally wrote the book on a given topic, but in our case its true. The first edition of Reel Spirituality was a landmark book in what was, at the time, only a nascent discipline. When the second edition hit the shelves in 2006, it quickly became the seminal text in an ever-expanding field. The doctoral research we pursued under Robs tutelage and the subsequent books we have written simply would not have existed if it were not for Robs pioneering work. We are both grateful and humbled to have coauthored with Rob this follow-up to Reel Spirituality . In a previous era, it would be customary to honor the lifes work of a scholar like Rob with a Festschrift. But Rob would likely balk at the idea of an entire volume dedicated to him. In a very real sense, our contributions to this book are written in honor of Rob. Even though the book is not about him, every last page is the product of his ongoing influence in our individual lives and in the field of theology and film as a whole.
Introduction
. George Nolfi, quoted in Dylan Callaghan, interview for Writers Guild of America, April 23, 2013.
. Josh Rottenberg, Jordan Peele on How Get Out Defied the Odds to Become a Full-Blown Cultural Phenomenon, Los Angeles Times , March 22, 2017, http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-get-out-box-office-phenomenon-20170321-story.html.
. Ross A. Lincoln, Get Out Director Jordan Peele Explains The Sunken Place, The Wrap, March 17, 2017, https://www.thewrap.com/get-out-director-jordan-peele-explains-the-sunken-place.
Chapter 1: The Power of Film
. Rose Pacatte, FSP, conversation at the Luce consultation on theology and film, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, December 8, 2005.
. Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (New York: Harper Entertainment, 1997), 12.
. McKee, Story , 12.
. See Frequency of Going to the Movies in the US, Statista, accessed August 4, 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/264396/frequency-of-going-to-the-movies-in-the-us; Box Office Revenue in North America from 2001 to 2016 (in Billion US Dollars), Statista, accessed August 4, 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/187061/north-american-box-office-gross-since-2001.
. Mary McNamara, The Bigger Picture: Going to the Movies Remains a Timeless Experience, Los Angeles Times , June 4, 2017, https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/entertainment/2017/06/08/bigger-picture-going-movies-remains-timeless-experience/102616124.
. Writing in the first edition of the New Yorker after 9/11, Anthony Lane pointed out that
you could argue that last Tuesday was an instant dismissal of the fantasticthat people gazed up into the sky and immediately told themselves that this was the real thing. Yet all the evidence suggests the contrary; it was the television commentators as well as those on the ground who resorted to a phrase book culled from cinema: It was like a movie. It was like Independence Day. It was like Die Hard. No, Die Hard 2. Armageddon. And the exclamations from below, from the watchers of the skies caught on video, as they see the aircraft slice into the side of the tower: where have you heard those expressions most recentlythe wows, the whoohs, the holy shitsif not in movie theatres, and even on your own blaspheming tongue? (Anthony Lane, This Is Not a Movie, New Yorker , September 24, 2001)
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