[PDF.93ol] Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes through the Lens of Contemporary Film

Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes through the Lens of Contemporary Film

[PDF.zt63] Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes through the Lens of Contemporary Film

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 | #745627 in Books |  2011-12-16 |  2011-12-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x.47 x5.50l,.55 | File type: PDF | 208 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Good Movie Reviews but Weak Connections to Ecclesiastes|By Steve L|Great insights to many very good movies. However, the direct connections to Ecclesiastes are a bit weaker. The book reads like extended movie reviews from a Christian perspective interspersed by verses in Ecclesiastes where relevant. There's no doubt that these movies explore many of the same questions asked by|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . Drawing the title from a line in an Elvis Costello song about "all this useless beauty," Johnston, Fuller Seminary professor of theology and culture, invites us to consider connections between biblical wisdom literature and film

Endorsements: "A wise old adage of faith states, 'Read the newspaper in one hand and the Bible in the other.' The slogan is an invitation to notice the complex engagement of faith and culture. In Useless Beauty, Johnston takes up the interface of faith and culture with specificity and immediacy. His discussion permits an instructive dialogue, whereby we read Ecclesiastes differently, and we read contemporary film with fresh eyes of faith. Neither the text nor the films c...

You easily download any file type for your device.Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes through the Lens of Contemporary Film   |  Robert K. Johnston.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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