The Blacklisted Bible (eBook)

Biblical Justice and the Hollywood Panic 1947–1955

Daniel L. Smith-Christopher (Autor)

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2022
180 Seiten
Wipf and Stock Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-6667-0684-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Choosing ten films that were considered "suspicious," "un-American," or even "dangerous" by the conservative media, and especially the infamous "House Un-American Affairs Committee" (HUAC) between 1947-1953, each chapter briefly outlines how progressive Christians should have supported the message of the film rather than condemned it. Each chapter explains why the film was considered controversial, and then proposes a number of arguments drawing heavily on Scripture, arguing that Christians should have, and still should, consider these films about social justice issues to be deeply biblical, and not "un-American." Intended for an adult education series, this book can serve as a kind of "handbook" for a church or parish "Film Series" that raises serious questions of social justice and Christian response.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.3.2022
• Verlagsort: Eugene
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Schlagworte: 20th century • ART • Bible • biblical social justice • Christianity • Christian theology • Classic “message” films of the 1940s and 1950s • Cold War in motion pictures • Communism and motion pictures • conservative attacks • criticism and theory • Daniel L. Smith-Christopher • ethics • History • History of the Americas • In motion pictures • McCarthy Era • motion pictures • Religious aspects • Religious Ethics • The Arts: General Issues • The Blacklisted Bible • United States
• ISBN-10: 1-6667-0684-1 / 1666706841
• ISBN-13: 978-1-6667-0684-0 / 9781666706840