Faith Film and Philosophy Big Ideas on the Big Screen 1st Edition by R Douglas Geivett, James S Spiegel ISBN 0830875182 9780830875184

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ISBN 10: 0830875182

ISBN 13: 9780830875184 

Author: R. Douglas Geivett; James S. Spiegel

“Those who tell stories rule society.” Plato So who today are our principal storytellers? Not philosophers, but filmmakers. For those who know both the enormous entertainment potential and the culture-shaping power of film, this book will stir mind and imagination. For great stories freight world-sized ideas, ideas worthy of contemplation and conversation. Great cinema inspires wonder. But another philosopher, Aristotle, reminds us that wonder is the true source of philosophy. So perhaps Plato or Aristotle might have a shot at ruling society, even today–if they took an interest in film. These fourteen essays consider classic and current films together with several major philosophical themes, all within the context of Christian faith: (1) the human condition, (2) the human mind and the nature of knowing, (3) the moral life, and (4) faith and religion. Citizen Kane, Big Fish and Pretty Woman contribute to an in-depth consideration of the human condition. The Truman Show, The Matrix, Being John Malkovich and It’s a Wonderful Life, among others, illuminate reflection on the human mind and the nature of knowing. Looking at the moral life, contributors interact with such notable films as Pleasantville, Bowling for Columbine, Mystic River and The Silence of the Lambs. The final section pursues the theme of faith and religion traced through a number of Hong Kong martial arts films, Contact, 2001: A Space Odyssey and U2’s music documentary Rattle and Hum. A veritable film festival for all those who want to nurture the wonder of philosophical inquiry and the love of Christian theology through an engagement with the big ideas on the big screen.

Table of contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction

PART ONE: THE HUMAN CONDITION

1. The Citizen Kane Mutiny – What Hollywood Knows and Will Never Admit About Life, Love and Human Relationships
2. Story-Shaped Lives in *Big Fish*
3. Defining Love Through the Eye of the Lens – *Pretty Woman*, *Legends of the Fall*, and *The Bridges of Madison County*

PART TWO: MIND AND KNOWLEDGE

4. Escaping into Reality – Lessons from The Truman Show
5. The Sleeper Awakes – The Matrix and Gnosis
6. Consciousness, Memory and Identity in Three Films by Charlie Kaufman
7. What Would Have Been and What Could Be – Counterfactuals in It’s a Wonderful Life and Run Lola Run

PART THREE: THE MORAL LIFE

8. Liberation Through Sensuality – Cinematic Moral Vision in an Age of Feeling
9. From a Society of Fear to a Community of Trust – Moving Beyond Bowling for Columbine
10. Vengeance, Forgiveness and Redemption in Mystic River
11. Moral Monsters – Horror’s Indispensable Need for Good and Evil

PART FOUR: FAITH AND RELIGION

12. Religion and Science in Contact and 2001: A Space Odyssey
13. Bottled Water from the Fragrant Harbor – Spiritual Elements in Hong Kong Films
14. Rattle and Film – U2, Nietzsche, and Salvation in the Blues

Appendix: Film Summaries
Contributors
Notes
Index

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