Baker Academic, 2006, 2nd ed., 351 pp., $19.99, www.bakeracademic.com
If this book were a movie, critics would declare it a provocative — if dense — blockbuster. Johnston, a professor of theology and culture at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, provides a model for how to connect love of God with love of film in this thorough study, which expands on 2000’s first edition.
Johnston shows that movies provide stories that provoke theological questions while helping people understand their lives. There are dozens of Christian books on film, but this one stands out for its thoughtful excursions into theology, film criticism, and entertainment history, as well as its insightful references to more than 500 films.
Thumbs up for Reel Spirituality.
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Review by: Steve Rabey, editor, YOUTHWORKER JOURNAL.
