Christians in the movies : a century of saints and sinners /

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Author / Creator:Dans, Peter E.
Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009.
Description:xviii, 409 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7728276
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ISBN:9780742570306 (cloth : alk. paper)
0742570304 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780742570320 (electronic)
0742570320 (electronic)
Notes:"A Sheed & Ward book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-389) and index.
Filmography: p. 349-379.
Table of Contents:
  • Portraying Christians in film
  • Piety and passion : the silent era
  • He ain't heavy, he's my brother : the 1930s
  • "There are no atheists in foxholes" : the 1940s
  • The age of the epic : the 1950s
  • The times, they are a'changin' : the 1960s
  • The flower children's hour : the 1970s
  • Heaven help us : the 1980s
  • Dogma : the 1990s
  • Amazing grace : 2000 to the present.