| #4234753 in Books | Mercer University Press | 2002-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.58 x5.98l,.95 | File Name: 0865547750 | 256 pages |
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Celluloid Saints looks at fundamental issues in the lives of saints and explores them in ways that are complex and nuanced, yet accessible. Topics such as martyrdom, miracles, evangelism, asceticism, saints in the Holocaust, and saintly mental illness have found diverse treatments in film. This book examines that diversity and explains some of the reasons for it.The book is written with two goals in mind. The first is to give film viewers some background and context for...
