Foremost experts on faith and film explore forty leading movies from the last four decades to encourage movie lovers and small groups to reflect critically and theologically on some of the best movies of recent years. Films covered include Chariots of Fire, Do the Right Thing, Field of Dreams, American Beauty, Groundhog Day, The Shawshank Redemption, Children of Men, A Serious Man, Up, WALL•E, The Adjustment Bureau, The Tree of Life, 12 Years a Slave, and Zero Dark Thirty.  
  
"An essential text for courageous moviegoers. Barsotti, Johnston, and their community of cinephiles show us that the Spirit moves in mysterious ways throughout the world of cinema, and with prophetic understanding they coax us to become wise interpreters of the world's big-screen dreams."  
\--__Jeffrey Overstreet__, Seattle Pacific University, author of Through a Screen Darkly and Auralia's Colors and senior film critic at Christianity Today and lookingcloser.org  
  
"Spirituality in movies? You bet! God in the Movies gives us eyes to see the subtle but powerful nuggets of spiritual wisdom tucked into mainstream Hollywood films. You'll be amazed at what you'll find!"  
\--__David C. McFadzean__, writer, producer, partner, Wind Dancer Films (Bernie and TV's Home Improvement)  
  
"Catherine Barsotti and Rob Johnston, experts in expressing the profound connections between faith and culture, have drawn together brilliant authors, prophetic films, and fabulous insight into the importance of movies--their messages, their meaning, and their influence on our hearts, minds, and spirits."  
\--__Karen Covell__, film producer and founding director of the Hollywood Prayer Network  
  
"God in the Movies does a wonderful job of showing how film can stimulate religious discussion and how those discussions can inform our viewing of films."  
\--__George Nolfi__, screenwriter, producer, and director (Ocean's Twelve, The Bourne Ultimatum, and The Adjustment Bureau)  
  
 "Looking at forty films from four decades, God in the Movies guides us to think about and talk about films theologically. I highly recommend it as a resource for scholars, filmmakers, movie lovers, pastors, or anyone wanting to engage others in a conversation about God through the movies."  
\--__Camille Tucker__, screenwriter, screenwriting professor, Biola University

__Catherine M. Barsotti__ (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is affiliate assistant professor of interdisciplinary studies at Fuller Theological Seminary and a professor at Centro Hispano de Estudios Teológicos (CHET), a Latino ministry training center in Compton, California. She wrote regular movie reviews for seventeen years for The Covenant Companion and Faith@Work.  
 __Robert K. Johnston__ (PhD, Duke University) is professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and codirector of Fuller's Reel Spirituality Institute. He is the author or editor of a number of books, including Reel Spirituality and God's Wider Presence.

This informative guide helps readers combine their love of movies with their desire to grow closer to God. Foremost experts on faith and film, all connected with the Reel Spirituality Institute at Fuller Seminary, explore forty leading movies from the last four decades to encourage movie lovers and small groups to reflect critically and theologically on their film choices. God in the Movies introduces and analyzes the spiritual content of top films from the 1980s through the 2010s, opening viewers up to a conversation about life, faith, and God.  
  
Following a format similar to Barsotti and Johnston's successful Finding God in the Movies, this completely new book covers different films spanning four decades. This engaging resource contains production notes and film synopses, relevant Scripture texts, theological reflection, discussion questions, film stills, recommended film clips, and more, serving as a treasure chest for hours of film viewing, discussion, and ministry. Clips from the movies referenced in each chapter are available online.

Foremost experts on faith and film explore forty leading movies from the last four decades, helping readers reflect critically and theologically on their film choices.

__Contents__ Foreword by Ralph Winter  
Introduction: Film and Faith--Welcome to a Maturing Conversation  
Robert K. Johnston and Catherine M. Barsotti __The '80s: A Decade of Changes__ Barry Taylor 1. __Amadeus__ (d. Forman, 1984, US)  
Kutter Callaway 2. __Babette's Feast__ (d. Axel, 1987, Denmark)  
Lauralee Farrer 3. __Chariots of Fire__ (d. Hudson, 1981, US/UK)  
Joseph C. Gallagher 4. __Crimes and Misdemeanors__ (d. Allen, 1989, US)  
Eugene Suen 5. __Do the Right Thing__ (d. Lee, 1989, US)  
Avril Z. Speaks  
6. __The Elephant Man__ (d. Lynch, 1980, US/UK)  
Joseph C. Gallagher 7. __Field of Dreams__ (d. Robinson, 1989, US)  
Robert K. Johnston 8. __The Mission__ (d. Joffé, 1986, UK/France)  
Kutter Callaway  
9. __Places in the Heart__ (d. Benton, 1984, US)  
Elijah Davidson 10. __Wings of Desire__ (d. Wenders, 1987, Germany)  
Craig Detweiler  
The '90s: A Bridge Decade__ Barry Taylor 11. __American Beauty__ (d. Mendes, 1999, US)  
Avril Z. Speaks  
12. __Breaking the Waves__ (d. von Trier, 1996, Denmark/Sweden/France/Netherlands/Norway)  
Lauralee Farrer  
13. __Dead Man Walking__ (d. Robbins, 1995, US)  
Avril Z. Speaks  
14. __Groundhog Day__ (d. Ramis, 1993, US)  
Elijah Davidson 15. __To Live__ (d. Zhang, 1994, China)  
Eugene Suen 16. __Magnolia__ (d. Anderson, 1999, US)  
Robert K. Johnston 17. __The Piano__ (d. Campion, 1993, New Zealand/Australia/France)  
Lauralee Farrer 18. __The Shawshank Redemption__ (d. Darabont, 1994, US)  
Robert K. Johnston  
19. __Three Colors: Blue__ (d. Kieślowski, 1993, France/Poland)  
Lauralee Farrer 20. __Unforgiven__ (d. Eastwood, 1992, US)  
Elijah Davidson __The '00s: A Decade of the Unexpected__ Barry Taylor  
21. __Children of Men__ (d. Cuarón, 2006, UK/US/Japan)  
Mathew P. John  
22. __Lars and the Real Girl__ (d. Gillespie, 2007, US)  
Catherine M. Barsotti  
23. __Munyurangabo__ (d. Chung, 2008, Rwanda/US)  
Robert K. Johnston  
24. __Secret Sunshine__ (d. Lee, 2007, South Korea)  
Eugene Suen 25. __A Serious Man__ (d. Coen and Coen, 2009, US)  
Elijah Davidson  
26. __The Son__ (d. Dardenne and Dardenne, 2002, Belgium/France)  
Eugene Suen 27. __There Will Be Blood__ (d. Anderson, 2007, US)  
Lauralee Farrer 28. __Up__ (d. Docter and Peterson, 2009, US)  
Joseph C. Gallagher 29. __WALL• E__ (d. Stanton, 2008, US)  
Elijah Davidson 30. __Water__ (d. Mehta, 2005, Canada/India)  
Mathew P. John __The '10s: A Decade for Spirituality__ Barry Taylor 31. __The Adjustment Bureau__ (d. Nolfi, 2011, US)  
Catherine M. Barsotti and Mathew P. John 32. __Calvary__ (d. McDonagh, 2014, Ireland/UK)  
Catherine M. Barsotti 33. __Get Low__ (d. Schneider, 2010, US)  
Catherine M. Barsotti 34. __Life of Pi__ (d. Lee, 2012, US)  
Avril Z. Speaks  
35. __Noah__ (d. Aronofsky, 2014, US)  
Kutter Callaway 36. __Of Gods and Men__ (d. Beauvois, 2010, France)  
Catherine M. Barsotti 37. __The Tree of Life__ (d. Malick, 2011, US)  
Robert K. Johnston  
38. __True Grit__ (d. Coen and Coen, 2010, US)  
Kutter Callaway 39. __12 Years a Slave__ (d. McQueen, 2013, US/UK)  
Elijah Davidson 40. __Zero Dark Thirty__ (d. Bigelow, 2012, US)  
Avril Z. Speaks  
Appendix 1: Movies Listed by Biblical Text  
Appendix 2: Movies Listed by Theological Topic

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Endorsements

Dedication

Epigraphs

Foreword

Contributors

Introduction

The ’80s A Decade of Changes

1. Amadeus

2. Babette's Feast

3. Chariots of Fire

4. Crimes and Misdemeanors

5. Do the Right Thing

6. The Elephant Man

7. Field of Dreams

8. The Mission

9. Places in the Heart

10. Wings of Desire

The ’90s A Bridge Decade

11. American Beauty

12. Breaking the Waves

13. Dead Man Walking

14. Groundhog Day

15. To Live

16. Magnolia

17. The Piano

18. The Shawshank Redemption

19. Three Colors: Blue

20. Unforgiven

The ’00s A Decade of the Unexpected

21. Children of Men

22. Lars and the Real Girl

23. Munyurangabo

24. Secret Sunshine

25. A Serious Man

26. The Son

27. There Will Be Blood

28. Up

29. WALL•E

30. Water

The ’10s A Decade for Spirituality

31. The Adjustment Bureau

32. Calvary

33. Get Low

34. Life of Pi

35. Noah

36. Of Gods and Men

37. The Tree of Life

38. True Grit

39. 12 Years a Slave

40. Zero Dark Thirty

Acknowledgments

Appendix 1: Movies Listed by Biblical Text

Appendix 2: Movies Listed by Theological Topic

Back Cover

Foreword by Ralph Winter  
Introduction: Film and Faith--Welcome to a Maturing Conversation  
Robert K. Johnston and Catherine M. Barsotti  
The '80s: A Decade of Changes  
Barry Taylor  
1\. Amadeus (d. Forman, 1984, US)  
Kutter Callaway  
2\. Babette's Feast (d. Axel, 1987, Denmark)  
Lauralee Farrer  
3\. Chariots of Fire (d. Hudson, 1981, US/UK)  
Joseph C. Gallagher  
4\. Crimes and Misdemeanors (d. Allen, 1989, US)  
Eugene Suen  
5\. Do the Right Thing (d. Lee, 1989, US)  
Avril Z. Speaks  
6\. The Elephant Man (d. Lynch, 1980, US/UK)  
Joseph C. Gallagher  
7\. Field of Dreams (d. Robinson, 1989, US)  
Robert K. Johnston  
8\. The Mission (d. Joffé, 1986, UK/France)  
Kutter Callaway  
9\. Places in the Heart (d. Benton, 1984, US)  
Elijah Davidson  
10\. Wings of Desire (d. Wenders, 1987, Germany)  
Craig Detweiler  
The '90s: A Bridge Decade  
Barry Taylor  
11\. American Beauty (d. Mendes, 1999, US)  
Avril Z. Speaks  
12\. Breaking the Waves (d. von Trier, 1996, Denmark/Sweden/France/Netherlands/Norway)  
Lauralee Farrer  
13\. Dead Man Walking (d. Robbins, 1995, US)  
Avril Z. Speaks  
14\. Groundhog Day (d. Ramis, 1993, US)  
Elijah Davidson  
15\. To Live (d. Zhang, 1994, China)  
Eugene Suen  
16\. Magnolia (d. Anderson, 1999, US)  
Robert K. Johnston  
17\. The Piano (d. Campion, 1993, New Zealand/Australia/France)  
Lauralee Farrer  
18\. The Shawshank Redemption (d. Darabont, 1994, US)  
Robert K. Johnston  
19\. Three Colors: Blue (d. Kieślowski, 1993, France/Poland)  
Lauralee Farrer  
20\. Unforgiven (d. Eastwood, 1992, US)  
Elijah Davidson  
The '00s: A Decade of the Unexpected  
Barry Taylor  
21\. Children of Men (d. Cuarón, 2006, UK/US/Japan)  
Mathew P. John  
22\. Lars and the Real Girl (d. Gillespie, 2007, US)  
Catherine M. Barsotti  
23\. Munyurangabo (d. Chung, 2008, Rwanda/US)  
Robert K. Johnston  
24\. Secret Sunshine (d. Lee, 2007, South Korea)  
Eugene Suen  
25\. A Serious Man (d. Coen and Coen, 2009, US)  
Elijah Davidson  
26\. The Son (d. Dardenne and Dardenne, 2002, Belgium/France)  
Eugene Suen  
27\. There Will Be Blood (d. Anderson, 2007, US)  
Lauralee Farrer  
28\. Up (d. Docter and Peterson, 2009, US)  
Joseph C. Gallagher  
29\. WALL• E (d. Stanton, 2008, US)  
Elijah Davidson  
30\. Water (d. Mehta, 2005, Canada/India)  
Mathew P. John  
The '10s: A Decade for Spirituality  
Barry Taylor  
31\. The Adjustment Bureau (d. Nolfi, 2011, US)  
Catherine M. Barsotti and Mathew P. John  
32\. Calvary (d. McDonagh, 2014, Ireland/UK)  
Catherine M. Barsotti  
33\. Get Low (d. Schneider, 2010, US)  
Catherine M. Barsotti  
34\. Life of Pi (d. Lee, 2012, US)  
Avril Z. Speaks  
35\. Noah (d. Aronofsky, 2014, US)  
Kutter Callaway  
36\. Of Gods and Men (d. Beauvois, 2010, France)  
Catherine M. Barsotti  
37\. The Tree of Life (d. Malick, 2011, US)  
Robert K. Johnston  
38\. True Grit (d. Coen and Coen, 2010, US)  
Kutter Callaway  
39\. 12 Years a Slave (d. McQueen, 2013, US/UK)  
Elijah Davidson  
40\. Zero Dark Thirty (d. Bigelow, 2012, US)  
Avril Z. Speaks  
Appendix 1: Movies Listed by Biblical Text  
Appendix 2: Movies Listed by Theological Topic

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