Protestants on Screen

Introduction Introduction Part I: Why Protestants and Film Introduction Part II: What is Religion and Why is it Important in Film? Introduction Part III: What is Protestantism? Introduction Part IV: Protestantism and Film - Historical Overview Introduction Part V: Protestant Film Aesthetics Introduction Part VI: Chapter Overview Part I. History and Theory of Protestantism in Religion and Film Studies 1 - Protestant Responses to Hollywood, Censorship, and Art Cinema William D. Romanski 2 - Independent Protestant Film, from the Silent Era to its Resurgence Andrew Quicke 3 - Protestant Themes within Secular Models of Salvation --"Redeemed" or just "A Bit Happier"'?: The Example of Crazy Heart Clive Marsh Part II. The Protestant Reformation on Screen 4 - "Here I stand I can do no other..." Martin Luther in German and American Biopics Esther Wipfler 5 - The Vexed Man: Oliver Cromwell and the English Reformation and Civil War on Screen Gastón Espinosa 6 - Propaganda, Blasphemy, and The Savage God in The Witchfinder General & The Wicker Man Victor Sage Part III. Protestant Influences in European Art Films 7 - Words versus "The Word": Language and Scripture in Ingmar Bergman's Films and Writings Maaret Koskinen 8 - Protestant Miracle in Dreyer's Ordet Marc LeFanu 9 - Babette's Feast: Protestant Pietism, the Conflict of Spirit and Flesh, and Reconciliatory Grace in the Danish Babette's Feast Kjell O. Lejon 10 - Protestant Ambivalence Towards Allegory in Wim Wenders' The Scarlet Letter Erik Redling Part IV. Protestant Experience in American Movies 11 - Where Were You? The Problem of Evil in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life Mark Scott 12 - "Holy Ghost Power!" in Robert Duvall's The Apostle Gastón Espinosa and Jason Stevens 13 - Sinner or Saint?: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in Selma Julius H. Bailey 14 - The Religious Motif of Mountains in Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? Melanie Johnson 15 - A Tender View of Conservative Evangelicalism in Higher Ground Paula M. Kane 16 - Evangelicals and Star Wars: Appropriating a Culture from a Galaxy Far Far Away Alex Wainer Part V. Protestant Themes in Film Genres 17 - The Rise and Fall of Evangelical Protestant Apocalyptic Horror: From A Thief in the Night to Left Behind and Beyond Timothy Beal 18 - The Western. Radical Forgiveness in Unforgiven Sara Anson Vaux 19 - Protestant Pacifist: War and Pacifism in Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge Matthew S. Rindge 20 - Film Noir, Calvinism, and Self-Surveillance in Paul Schrader's Hardcore Jason Stevens 21 - Lost in Adaptation: Aslan's Divinity and the Purpose of Real Pain in Narnia versus Fantasy Film Devin Brown