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Sanctuary Cinema

Origins of the Christian Film Industry [Hardback]

by Terry Lindvall

    • Author

      Terry Lindvall

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      New York University Press

    • Published

      February 2007

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      Sanctuary Cinema

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      Product Description

      "Sanctuary Cinema" provides the first history of the origins of the Christian film industry. Focusing on the early days of film during the silent era, it traces the ways in which the Church came to adopt film making as a way of conveying the Christian message to adherents. Surprisingly, rather than separating themselves from Hollywood or the American entertainment culture, early Christian film makers embraced Hollywood cinematic techniques and often populated their films with attractive actors and actresses. But they communicated their sectarian message effectively to believers, and helped to shape subsequent understandings of the Gospel message, which had historically been almost exclusively verbal, not communicated through visual media. Despite early successes in attracting new adherents with the lure of the film, the early Christian film industry ultimately failed, in large part due to growing fears that film would corrupt the church by substituting an American "civil religion" in place of solid Christian values and amidst continuing Christian unease about the potential for the glorification of images to revert to idolatry.While radio eclipsed the motion picture as the Christian communication media of choice by the 1920s, the early film makers had laid the foundations for the current re-emergence of Christian film and entertainment, from "Veggie Tales" to "The Passion of the Christ".

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      • Author

        Terry Lindvall

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        New York University Press

      • Published

        February 2007

      • Weight

        573g

      • Page Count

        303

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 26 mm

      • ISBN

        9780814752104

      • ISBN-10

        0814752101

      • Eden Code

        1195583

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      • Author/Creator: Terry Lindvall

      • ISBN: 9780814752104

      • Publisher: New York University Press

      • Release Date: February 2007

      • Weight: 573g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 26 mm

      • Eden Code: 1195583

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