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Films for All Seasons
Experiencing the Church Year at the Movies|
17,65 € |
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| Verlag: | IVP Academic |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 15.10.2024 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781514007853 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 240 |
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Beschreibungen
The Spiritual Practice of Watching Movies
What's your favorite Christmas movie? Easter movie? Pentecost movie? Casual viewers and movie buffs alike have favorite movies to watch at certain times of the year. But for film critic Abby Olcese, movies with spiritual themes aren't just limited to the holiday season. They're part of a deep human need to connect our favorite stories to the natural rhythms of our lives, and to let them shape and give meaning to our experience of the seasons all year long.
The life of the church is also defined by stories, which we revisit through the pattern of the Christian year. In Films for All Seasons, Olcese invites us to reflect on the great themes of the church calendar through the lens of film. From superhero movies and Star Wars to classics and arthouse films, she chooses movies for each liturgical season and leads us through them with skill and infectious enthusiasm, exploring how each one can inform and deepen our appreciation of its corresponding season.
Films for All Seasons is more than just a book about movies—it's a model for how we engage with art as Christians.
Includes:
- Explorations of popular, classic, and arthouse films and how they relate to liturgical seasons
- Reflections on the great themes of the church calendar
- Discussion questions after each movie designed to facilitate discussion with small groups and friends
What's your favorite Christmas movie? Easter movie? Pentecost movie? Casual viewers and movie buffs alike have favorite movies to watch at certain times of the year. But for film critic Abby Olcese, movies with spiritual themes aren't just limited to the holiday season. They're part of a deep human need to connect our favorite stories to the natural rhythms of our lives, and to let them shape and give meaning to our experience of the seasons all year long.
The life of the church is also defined by stories, which we revisit through the pattern of the Christian year. In Films for All Seasons, Olcese invites us to reflect on the great themes of the church calendar through the lens of film. From superhero movies and Star Wars to classics and arthouse films, she chooses movies for each liturgical season and leads us through them with skill and infectious enthusiasm, exploring how each one can inform and deepen our appreciation of its corresponding season.
Films for All Seasons is more than just a book about movies—it's a model for how we engage with art as Christians.
Includes:
- Explorations of popular, classic, and arthouse films and how they relate to liturgical seasons
- Reflections on the great themes of the church calendar
- Discussion questions after each movie designed to facilitate discussion with small groups and friends
<p>Foreword by Josh Larsen<br />
Introduction: Why Watch Films as a Spiritual Practice?<br />
1. Thoughts on Watching Devotionally<br /><b>Advent</b><br />
2. Hope: <i>The Last Jedi</i><br />
3. Faith: <i>The Bishop's Wife</i><br />
4. Joy: <i>Paddington</i> and <i>Paddington 2</i><br />
5. Peace: <i>Joyeux Noel</i><br /><b>Christmas</b><br />
6. War Is Over (If You Want It): <i>Children of Men</i><br />
7. "It's Love That Won": <i>The Night of the Hunter</i><br /><b>Epiphany</b><br />
8. The Chosen One No One Expected: <i>Shazam! </i><br />
9. What Was I Made For?: <i>Barbie</i><br /><b>Lent</b><br />
10. Ash Wednesday: <i>Annihilation</i><br />
11. Lent Week Two: <i>The Dark Knight</i><br />
12. Lent Week Three: <i>Logan</i><br />
13. Lent Week Four: <i>Bad Times at the El Royale</i><br />
14. Lent Week Five: <i>Groundhog Day</i><br />
15. Lent Week Six: <i>Lucky</i><br /><b>Holy Week</b><br />
16. Maundy Thursday: <i>The Mission</i><br />
17. Good Friday: <i>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</i><br />
18. Holy Saturday: <i>The Last Temptation of Christ</i><br /><b>Easter</b><br />
19. Reconsidering Edmund: <i>The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe</i><br />
20. Fear Kills, Love Resurrects: <i>The Iron Giant</i><br /><b>Ascension Day</b><br />
21. A World Built on Top of Ours: <i>Midnight Special</i><br />
22. Making All Things New: <i>Avatar</i><br /><b>Pentecost</b><br />
23. Imperfect Heroes for an Imperfect World: <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
24. The Turbo-Charged Community of Faith: <i>Fast & Furious 6</i><br /><b>All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day</b><br />
25. Narrow the Way: <i>A Hidden Life</i><br />
26. Chocolate Cake in Heaven: <i>Dick Johnson Is Dead</i><br />
27. A Vibrant and Complicated Legacy: <i>Coco</i><br />
Conclusion: Ordinary Time<br />
Acknowledgments<br />
Suggestions for Further Viewing<br />
Notes</p>
Introduction: Why Watch Films as a Spiritual Practice?<br />
1. Thoughts on Watching Devotionally<br /><b>Advent</b><br />
2. Hope: <i>The Last Jedi</i><br />
3. Faith: <i>The Bishop's Wife</i><br />
4. Joy: <i>Paddington</i> and <i>Paddington 2</i><br />
5. Peace: <i>Joyeux Noel</i><br /><b>Christmas</b><br />
6. War Is Over (If You Want It): <i>Children of Men</i><br />
7. "It's Love That Won": <i>The Night of the Hunter</i><br /><b>Epiphany</b><br />
8. The Chosen One No One Expected: <i>Shazam! </i><br />
9. What Was I Made For?: <i>Barbie</i><br /><b>Lent</b><br />
10. Ash Wednesday: <i>Annihilation</i><br />
11. Lent Week Two: <i>The Dark Knight</i><br />
12. Lent Week Three: <i>Logan</i><br />
13. Lent Week Four: <i>Bad Times at the El Royale</i><br />
14. Lent Week Five: <i>Groundhog Day</i><br />
15. Lent Week Six: <i>Lucky</i><br /><b>Holy Week</b><br />
16. Maundy Thursday: <i>The Mission</i><br />
17. Good Friday: <i>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</i><br />
18. Holy Saturday: <i>The Last Temptation of Christ</i><br /><b>Easter</b><br />
19. Reconsidering Edmund: <i>The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe</i><br />
20. Fear Kills, Love Resurrects: <i>The Iron Giant</i><br /><b>Ascension Day</b><br />
21. A World Built on Top of Ours: <i>Midnight Special</i><br />
22. Making All Things New: <i>Avatar</i><br /><b>Pentecost</b><br />
23. Imperfect Heroes for an Imperfect World: <i>Guardians of the Galaxy</i><br />
24. The Turbo-Charged Community of Faith: <i>Fast & Furious 6</i><br /><b>All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day</b><br />
25. Narrow the Way: <i>A Hidden Life</i><br />
26. Chocolate Cake in Heaven: <i>Dick Johnson Is Dead</i><br />
27. A Vibrant and Complicated Legacy: <i>Coco</i><br />
Conclusion: Ordinary Time<br />
Acknowledgments<br />
Suggestions for Further Viewing<br />
Notes</p>
Abby Olcese is a writer on film, popular culture, and faith. Her work has appeared at Think Christian, Sojourners, Paste, RogerEbert.com, and /Film. She is also the film editor for The Pitch, a website and magazine serving the greater Kansas City, Missouri, area. She lives in Kansas City.
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