2. Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Reading Films
Robert Ellis
3. Understanding Films: Reading in the Gaps
Steve Nolan
4. Transcending the Cave: Fantasy Film as Spiritual and Philosophical Reflection
Léonie Caldecott
5. Gaining Fresh Insights: Films and Theological Reflection in a Pastoral Setting
Anthony Clarke
6. Virtual Literalism: Big Fish
David Sutcliffe
7. When Text Becomes Voice: You’ve Got Mail
Paul Fiddes
8. Bucking the System: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Nicholas Wood
9. Taking the Waves by ‘Surprise’: Master and Commander
Sally Bedborough
10. Pondering Providence: Sliding Doors
Robert Ellis
11. Fatherhood, Fate, and Faith: The Terminator
Simon Carver
12. All-consuming Holiday Snaps: Open Water
Tim Bradshaw
13. Finding God in the Holocaust: Schindler’s List
John Weaver
14. The Grace of the Valar: The Lord of the Rings
Stratford Caldecott
15. The Trouble with Paradise: Pleasantville
Chris Holmwood
16. Interpreting the Gospel: The Passion of the Christ
Steve Holmes
Part 3: Resources
John Weaver and Larry Kreitzer
Introduction to Part 3
17. The Mission: Some Missiological Dilemmas Portrayed
18. Blade Runner: On the Definition of Humanity
19. Witness: In the World, but not of the World
20. Amadeus: The Destructiveness of an All-Consuming Jealousy
21. Gandhi: The Strength of Weakness
22. The Killing Fields: The Extreme Limits of Friendship
23. The Colour Purple: Breaking Through the Barriers of Prejudice and Violence
24. 1984: Controlling the Past and Determining the Future
25. Cry Freedom!: The Agonies of Political Change
26. Bridget Jones’ Diary: Self-Image and Self-Worth
27. Saving Private Ryan: The Value of a Single Human Life
