Salvation in Celluloid: Theology, Imagination and Film

by Robert Pope

Much work in the field of theology and film lacks a really theological focus. This book suggests a methodology based on the recognition of the imagination as the fundamental category in producing and interpreting film. The argument is presented that the imagination holds theological significance when it is conceived of in certain ways. As a result, the book adopts the 'paradigmatic imagination' (an imagination which works within the paradigms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 056703206X
• ISBN13: 9780567032065
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"