Hollywood Dreams and Biblical Stories
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Hollywood Dreams and Biblical Stories    -     By: Bernard Brandon Scott

Hollywood Dreams and Biblical Stories

Augsburg Fortress / 1994 / Paperback

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Product Description

(PUBFortress)Powerful culture critique of the Hollywood dream factory comparing celluloid heroes and heroines with those in Scripture while elaborating on American mythology, history, and self-understanding. Commenting on many familiar films, this is a provocative discussion starter. 240 pages, softcover.

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Title: Hollywood Dreams and Biblical Stories
By: Bernard Brandon Scott
Format: Paperback
Vendor: Augsburg Fortress
Publication Date: 1994
Dimensions: 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 X 3/4 (inches)
Weight: 16 ounces
ISBN: 0800627539
ISBN-13: 9780800627539
Stock No: WW27539

Publisher's Description

An accomplished biblical scholar here juxtaposes movies and New Testament themes to uncover the mythic dimensions of each and to explore the primary conflicts in American society.

Brandon Scott's sage and savvy analysis of more than fifty recent popular American movies, from Dirty Harry to Robocop 2, from Pretty Woman to Thelma and Louise, opens a unique slant on American mythology. He delves into the deepest dreams and perennial tensions in American culture: wealth and poverty, race relations, moral aloneness, the superhero and the solo redeemer, violence and war, the mythical West, relations of the sexes, and fears of the future. These portrayals in turn launch him into the chief themes and mythic elements in the New Testament. In the conversation and mutual criticism that his book engenders, Scott clarifies the values that contemporary culture and the Bible might bring to each other.

Author Bio

Bernard Brandon Scott is Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Phillips Graduate Seminary, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Among his several books is Hear Then the Parable: A Commentary on the Parables of Jesus (Fortress Press, 1989).

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