Hollywood Dreams and Biblical Stories by Bernard Brandon Scott

Hollywood Dreams and Biblical Stories by Bernard Brandon Scott

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, fromDirty Harry to Robocop 2,fromPretty Womanto 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.

Scott, Bernard Brandon: - Bernard Brandon Scott is Darbeth Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Phillips Theological Seminary, University of Tulsa, in Oklahoma. He is a charter member of the Jesus Seminar and a consultant to the American Bible Society.

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ISBN 13	9780800627539
ISBN 10	0800627539
Title	Hollywood Dreams and Biblical Stories
Author	Bernard Brandon Scott
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	1517 Media
Year published	1994-12-01
Number of pages	312
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