Terry Lindvall

The Silents of God

Selected Issues and Documents in Silent American Film and Religion, 1908-1925

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Produktbeschreibung

Covering the historical period from 1908 to 1925, this study traces the process of religious response to film as a prophetic vision, a series of great debates, the articulation of film as a handmaiden to church work, and the great divorce of church and cinema, eventuating in a religious posture and emphasis on rigid censorship rather than creative dialogue.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9780810839540
• ISBN-10: 0810839547
• Artikelnr.: 25409077

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

Part 1 A Prophetic Vision, 1908-1913 Chapter 2 Moving Pictures and the
Pulpit Chapter 3 "Minister Proposes Sunday Pictures" and "Missionaries and
Moving Pictures" Chapter 4 Editorial: The Clergy and the Moving Picture
Chapter 5 Amusement as a Factor in Man's Spiritual Uplift Chapter 6
Vaudettes Chapter 7 The Clergy and the Picture Chapter 8 The Case for
Motion Pictures: Part I Chapter 9 The Case for Motion Pictures: Part II
Chapter 10 Motography as an Arm of the Church Chapter 11 The Religious
Possibilities of the Motion Picture Chapter 12 The Picture in the Pulpit
(October 26, 1912) Chapter 13 The Picture in the Pulpit (November 16, 1912)
Chapter 14 The Picture in the Pulpit (December 21, 1912) Chapter 15 The
Motion Picture and the Church Part 16 The Great Debates, 1913-1919 Chapter
17 Sunday Closings, Commercialism, and the Dangers of the World Chapter 18
The Theater vs. the Church Chapter 19 Samson: Six Reels Chapter 20 Light on
Puzzling Passages and Problems Chapter 21 Motion Pictures in Religious and
Educational Work Chapter 22 The Bible and Moving Pictures Chapter 23
Studies in Social Christianity: Motion Pictures Chapter 24 Urging an
Alliance of Church and Motion Picture Chapter 25 Sex Pictures Arouse
Louisville Churchmen Chapter 26 Pictures in Schools and Churches Chapter 27
How to Preach by Moving Pictures Chapter 28 The Parson Who Believed in
Pictures Chapter 29 Spiritualism by the Film Chapter 30 The Moving Picture:
A Careful Survey of a Difficult Problem Chapter 31 An Indictment: The
Moving Picture, A Clergyman's Child Chapter 32 Has Been Neglected by the
Church Chapter 33 In His Steps Today: What Would Jesus Do with the Drama?
Chapter 34 Sunday Pros and Cons Plead Chapter 35 Cleveland Moffett's Crazy
Quilt Chapter 36 The Moral and Social Effects of the Movies Part 37 Before
the Fall, 1919-1920 Chapter 38 The Motion Picture as a Handmaiden of
Religion Chapter 39 A Conception of Screen as Handmaid of Church Chapter 40
Expressed by Clergymen Chapter 41 Let There Be Light! Chapter 42 Moving
Pictures as an Aid to the Church Chapter 43 If Christ Went to the Movies
Chapter 44 The Motion Pictures as a "Handmaid of Religion" Chapter 45 Your
Enjoyment of Paramount Pictures Chapter 46 Eleven Picture Commandments
Chapter 47 Education and Pictures Part 48 The Great Divorce, 1920-1925
Chapter 49 The Flight from Babylon Amid Public Relations Chapter 50 Motion
Picture Madness Chapter 51 The Church or the Theater Chapter 52 The
Movies-the Devil's Incubator Chapter 53 Hollywood as Seen by a Minister
Chapter 54 Can Anything Good Come Out of Hollywood? Chapter 55 The Padre of
Hollywood Chapter 56 Pictures and the Church Chapter 57 May Christians
Attend Picture Shows? Chapter 58 She Defends Some of the Movies Chapter 59
More about the Movies Chapter 60 Conclusion