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Spirit and the Screen: Pneumatological Reflections on Contemporary Cinema

Spirit and the Screen: Pneumatological Reflections on Contemporary Cinema

Callaway, Kutter
Green, Chris E. W.
Félix-Jäger, Steven

Hardcover

Series: Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture

PhilosophyFilm StudiesGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 1978714645
ISBN13: 9781978714649
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Published: May 12 2023
Pages: 222
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Spirit and the Screen engages contemporary films from the perspective of pneumatology to give theologies of culture fruitful new perspectives that begin with the Spirit rather than other common theological contact points (Christology, anthropology, theological ethics, creation, eschatology, etc.). This book explores pertinent pneumatological issues that arise in film, as well as literary devices that draw allusions to the Spirit. It offers three main contributions: first, it explores how Christian understandings of the person and work of the Spirit illuminate the nature of film and film-making; second, it shows that there are in fact Spirit figures in film (as distinct from but inseparable from Christ-figures), even if sometimes they're not intended as such, Spirit-led characters, are moved to act prophetically, against their inclinations and in excess of their skill or knowledge and with eccentric, life-giving creativity; third, it identifies subtle and explicit symbolizations of the Spirit in pop culture, symbolizations that requires deep, careful thinking about the Christian doctrine of the Spirit and generate new horizons for cultural analysis. The contributors of this book explore these issues, asking how Christian convictions and experiences of the Spirit might shape the way one thinks about films and film-making.

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