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"After a divinely inspired preface by critic Roger Ebert, Bergesen (sociology, Univ. of Arizona) and Greeley (social sciences, Univ. of Chicago) exegete popular Hollywood films (e.g., Ghost) and several international works to demonstrate that movies are about something ultimate and important. The authors combine their talents to tease out theological themes and symbols, and each separately examines specific films that image "God," analyzing what "She" might look like through these celluloid narrative forms... [T]his likeable and affirming therapeutic work recognizes the rich values of story, the problem of evil, divine intervention and disclosure, and grace... Recommended for general readers."
--T. Lindvall, Choice
"After a divinely inspired preface by critic Roger Ebert, Bergesen (sociology, Univ. of Arizona) and Greeley (social sciences, Univ. of Chicago) exegete popular Hollywood films (e.g., Ghost) and several international works to demonstrate that movies are about something ultimate and important. The authors combine their talents to tease out theological themes and symbols, and each separately examines specific films that image "God," analyzing what "She" might look like through these celluloid narrative forms... [T]his likeable and affirming therapeutic work recognizes the rich values of story, the problem of evil, divine intervention and disclosure, and grace... Recommended for general readers."
--T. Lindvall, Choice
-After a divinely inspired preface by critic Roger Ebert, Bergesen (sociology, Univ. of Arizona) and Greeley (social sciences, Univ. of Chicago) exegete popular Hollywood films (e.g., Ghost) and several international works to demonstrate that movies are about something ultimate and important. The authors combine their talents to tease out theological themes and symbols, and each separately examines specific films that image -God,- analyzing what -She- might look like through these celluloid narrative forms... [T]his likeable and affirming therapeutic work recognizes the rich values of story, the problem of evil, divine intervention and disclosure, and grace... Recommended for general readers.-
--T. Lindvall, Choice
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