Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes through the Lens of Contemporary Film.(Book Review)

Biblical Theology Bulletin | September 22, 2005| | Copyright

USELESS BEAUTY: ECCLESIASTES THROUGH THE LENS OF CONTEMPORARY FILM. By Robert K. Johnston. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2004. Pp. 208. Paper, $17.99.

The most visible example of Christian interaction with contemporary film is arguably "Christian Spotlight on Entertainment" (http://christiananswers.net/spotlight/home. html), an organization that assesses movies primarily by a "Morality Rating," and that has rated all but two of the films discussed in this book as either Very or Extremely Offensive to Christians. What motivates such assessments is undoubtedly the ...

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