Celluloid Sermons: The Emergence of the Christian Film

Celluloid Sermons: The Emergence of the Christian Film Industry, 1930-1986

Christian filmmaking, done outside of the corporate Hollywood industry and produced for Christian churches, affected a significant audience of church people. Protestant denominations and individuals believed that they could preach and teach more effectively through the mass medium of film. Although suspicion toward the film industry marked many conservatives during the early 1930s, many Christian leaders came to believe in the power of technology to convert or to morally instruct people. Thus the growth of a Christian film industry was an extension of the Protestant tradition of preaching, with the films becoming celluloid sermons.

Celluloid Sermons is the first historical study of this phenomenon. Terry Lindvall and Andrew Quicke highlight key characters, studios, and influential films of the movement from 1930 to 1986â€”such as the Billy Graham Association, with its major WorldWide Pictures productions of films like The Hiding Place, Ken Curtisâ€™ Gateway Films, the apocalyptic â€œend-timeâ€ films by Mark IV (e.g. Thief in the Night), and the instructional video-films of Dobsonâ€™s Focus on the Family--assessing the extent to which the churchâ€™s commitment to filmmaking accelerated its missions and demonstrating that its filmic endeavors had the unintended consequence of contributing to the secularization of liberal denominations.
Country USA
Brand NYU Press
Manufacturer NYU Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2011-10-01
UnitCount 1
Format Download: Adobe Reader
EANs 9780814753248

Country	USA
Brand	NYU Press
Manufacturer	NYU Press
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2011-10-01
UnitCount	1
Format	Download: Adobe Reader
EANs	9780814753248

Celluloid Sermons: The Emergence of the Christian Film Industry, 1930-1986

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