Forrest Gump - Redeemer Lite
Theological Text in a Postmodern Context
Published on 15. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
84 pages
978-3-8383-3359-5 (ISBN)
Description
The film Forrest Gump was a Hollywood blockbuster in the 1990''s. In this movie we are drawn to sympathize with the feather-like lightness of being found in the main character as he interacts with some of the popular formational events in the USA during the last half of the 20th century. His innocent interactions with these events bring about surprising and transformative changes to the times as well as to himself. However, Gump''s lite redemptive power works out better for himself than for those around him. This book brings a postmodern theological criticism to Forrest Gump using emerging film and liberation theologies.
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Chris Wells was born in England. He moved to Canada when he was 10. He is writing his PhD dissertation at the University of Toronto, and has two graduate degrees in theology from the University of Winnipeg and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas. He pastored two churches in Winnipeg and is now at the Univ. of Wpg.