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Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes through the Lens of Contemporary Film
Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes through the Lens of Contemporary Film
Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes through the Lens of Contemporary Film
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How should Christians relate to the difficult and contradictory messages of modern movies? In Useless Beauty, Robert K. Johnston presents the bold position that films can be our "eyeglasses and hearing aids" in understanding the Book of Ecclesiastes. Taking up movies such as American Beauty, Magnolia, and About Schmidt, he addresses such biblical issues as life and death, chance and choice, loneliness and connection, and God's presence and absence to deepen our understanding of life's beauty amid its confusion and pain.

Christian filmgoers, pastors, and youth leaders will find Johnston's book a valuable source of insight into the relationship between Christianity and popular culture.
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Release dateNov 1, 2004
ISBN9781441206510
Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes through the Lens of Contemporary Film
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Robert K. Johnston

Robert K. Johnston is Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Reel Spirituality: Theology and Film in Dialogue and Finding God in the Movies: 33 Films of Reel Faith, and editor of Reframing Theology & Film: New Focus for an Emerging Discipline.

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