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9780801027857

Useless Beauty

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  • ISBN13:

    9780801027857

  • ISBN10:

    0801027853

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-11-01
  • Publisher: Baker Academic
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Summary

How should Christians relate to the difficult and contradictory messages of modern movies? In Useless Beauty, Robert K. Johnston presents the bold position that films can be our "eyeglasses and hearing aids" in understanding the Book of Ecclesiastes. Taking up movies such as American Beauty, Magnolia, and About Schmidt, he addresses such biblical issues as life and death, chance and choice, loneliness and connection, and God's presence and absence to deepen our understanding of life's beauty amid its confusion and pain. Christian filmgoers, pastors, and youth leaders will find Johnston's book a valuable source of insight into the relationship between Christianity and popular culture.

Author Biography

Robert K. Johnston is professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. 9
Prefacep. 11
Acknowledgmentsp. 15
A Battered Optimism: Ecclesiastes and Our Contemporary Contextp. 17
The Existentialist Alternative: Akira Kurosawa and Woody Allenp. 35
Death and Life: Alan Ball and American Beautyp. 57
The Saddest Happy Ending: Paul Thomas Anderson and Magnoliap. 73
Chance and Fate: Tom Tykwer and Run Lola Runp. 93
An Ambiguous Joy: Marc Forster and Monster's Ballp. 113
Can God Be in This? M. Night Shyamalan and Signsp. 127
Confessions of a Workaholic: Alexander Payne, Election, and About Schmidtp. 147
Humanity at Full Stretch: Let the "Preacher" Respondp. 169
Ecclesiastes' History of Interpretationp. 179
Christian Film Criticismp. 183
Biblical Criticism and Useless Beautyp. 187
Notesp. 191
Movies Citedp. 201
Indexp. 205
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