Catching Light: Looking for God in the Movies

by Roy M. Anker

Book Overview

Films have come to not only entertain modern minds but also inform and shape them. Many of the best cinematic works have profound religious elements -- some obvious, some more subtle. In Catching Light Roy Anker examines nineteen popular films, showing how they convey a range of striking perspectives on the human encounter with God.

These selected films portray God showing up in different, surprising ways amid the messy circumstances...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802827950
• ISBN13: 9780802827951
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A Triple Crown

Professor Anker has written a classic book about how some of the film classics deal with the classic search for God. Hence, it deserves a "Triple Crown" among books on this subject. I have used it to liven up my ethics classes at the Bristol,TN, campus of the National College of Business and Technology and plan to use it this summer as the basis for a Spiritual Film Series at Central Presbyterian Church.

catching light: deep reading

CATCHING LIGHT beautifully explores the capacity of film to articulate human experience. This is done through the Christian perspective but does not, as many Christian interpretations do, simplify its films. Anker touches on all the grey areas--the intoxicating darkness and the radiant light that seems to shroud all of human experience. This book plunges in deep and is by no means a mere overview. If one desires brevity, resort to minimalistic news reviews. CATCHING LIGHT carries readers along with the interpretation, avoiding the bombast of so many film reviewers. A must read to all who enjoy meditating and thinking deeply about film, limited not to Christians, but all who actively partake in life and the it contemporary reflections.