Useless beauty.

Books boeken robert johnston baker academic paperback november 2004: How should Christians relate to the difficult and contradictory messages of modern movies. In Useless Beauty Robert K.

Johnston presents the bold position that films can be our eyeglasses and hearing aids in understanding the Book of Ecclesiastes. Taking up movies such as American Beauty Magnolia and About Schmidt he addresses such biblical issues as life and death chance and choice loneliness and connection and Gods presence and absence to deepen our understanding of lifes beauty amid its confusion and pain.

Christian filmgoers pastors and youth leaders will find Johnstons book a valuable source of insight into the relationship between Christianity and popular culture. .



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