Terry Lindvall

Animated Parables

A Pedagogy of Seven Deadly Sins and a Few Virtues

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Animated Parables delves into the unexpected nature of short international animated films to teach, directly and indirectly, about vice and virtue. Terry Lindvall connects cartoons from a global community of animators to explore their role in displaying the seven deadly sins.

Produktdetails

• Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 578g
• ISBN-13: 9781978715035
• ISBN-10: 197871503X
• Artikelnr.: 66131038

Autorenporträt

Professor of film, Terry Lindvall, occupies the C. S. Lewis Chair of Communication and Christian Thought at Virginia Wesleyan University and has authored a dozen books, including The Silents of God (2001), Sanctuary Cinema (2007), Divine Film Comedies (2015), and God Mocks (2016). He is presently producing a feature documentary film on his God on the Big Screen: A History of Prayer from the Silent Cinema to Today (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Brief Pedagogy of Parables
Part I: Aesthetic Roots
Chapter One: Parables and Fables
Chapter Two: Emergence of the Visual Parable
Part II: Dead Branches
Chapter Three: Sin, Judgment, and Blindness
Chapter Four: Pride (Superbia of the Peacock)
Chapter Five: Envy (Invidia or the Wolf)
Chapter Six: Wrath (Ira or the Lion)
Chapter Seven: Sloth (Acedia or the Ass)
Chapter Eight: Avarice (Avaricia or the Camel)
Chapter Nine: Gluttony (Gula or the Swine)
Chapter Ten: Lust (Luxuria or the Goat)
Part III: Spiritual Fruit
Chapter Eleven: Virtues and Redemption