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RELIGION / Christian Theology / Liberation LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State US$24.00 Greg Garrett THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JAMES BALDWIN What America's Great Prophet Can Teach Us about Life, Love, and Identity [Orbis Logo] ISBN 978-1-62698-539-1

An exploration into the continued relevance of James Baldwin's writings and wisdom"--

Veteran TV journalist Calvin Jones travels to Paris, where he negotiates love, friendship, and despair in award-winning novelist Greg Garrett's Bastille Day.

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From the beginning, American cinema has been both a powerful mythmaker and a social critic. D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, arguably the first feature film, shows us just how early in its history cinema had established its influence. Birth of a Nation famously portrayed the Klu Klux Klan in a favorable light, a portrayal that contributed to the modern resurgence of the group and brought racist depictions of African Americans imported from t...

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Book lovers know there is something sacred in the stories, poetry, and insight of even the most secular books. This 365-day devotional celebrates the beauty of literature and its ability to illuminate elements of the Divine, present all around us.

The American cinema is one of the great myth-making machines of the last century and has been used to craft defining narratives of race. Films like Birth of a Nation and Gone with the Wind have promoted racist stereotypes and films like Get Out and BlacKkKlansman have worked to tear those same stereotypes down. Greg Garrett's new book suggests that looking to religious traditions can help us discern and correct our national narratives of race ...

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Book lovers know there is something sacred in the stories, poetry, and insight of even the most secular books. This 365-day devotional celebrates the beauty of literature and its ability to illuminate elements of the Divine, present all around us. Pairing excerpts from more than two hundred literary works with thought-provoking Scriptures and...

Greg Garrett reveals a pervasive preoccupation with the afterlife in popular music, films, books, and art in America.

This book will thrill movie buffs and casual fans alike. In an engaging style, author Greg Garrett looks at the theological elements in dozens of classic and new classic Hollywood films, including a discussion about what the new openness to spirituality in the movies might mean for the future of American cinema and American religion.

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The old way of "being church"-measured by political influence, money, and congregants in the pews-may indeed be vanishing, but it is being replaced by something new and beautiful for those with the eyes, ears, heart, and soul to experience it. Prolific author Greg Garrett reminds Episcopalians of the many gifts that our tradition can offer a doubting and hurting world. He reveals a church that values intellect, beauty, diversity, and community...

Honest story of pain, heart-ache, and hope

Spider-Man. Batman. The X-Men. The Fantastic Four. Comic books and the characters they have spawned have become twenty-first-century mythology. Greg Garrett helps us see the profound depth that can be found in the glossy, fast-paced, and often violent world of comics, graphic novels, and the films they inspire. Holy Superheroes! provides extensive discussions of some of our most beloved comic heroes and concludes with an appendix of twenty-fiv...

Spiderman. Batman. La Patrulla X (X-Men). Los Cuatro Fantásticos... Los libros de cómics y los personajes que éstos han creado se han convertido en la mitología del siglo XXI. Greg Garrett nos ayuda a vislumbrar la gran profundidad que podemos encontrar en el mundo del papel satinado, en el mundo de la acción trepidante y a menudo violenta que representan los \"cómics\" y las novelas gráficas, así como las películas inspiradas en ellos. La fe ...

Who among us has not experienced hearing a song that moved us deeply, that spoke to us in a truly spiritual way? Millions of fans around the world have found that inspiration in the music of U2, arguably the biggest band in the world today. This engaging and informative book examines the spirituality that drives U2, a band whose influence has spread far beyond music and whose songs encourage listeners to put their faith into action for the sak...

En un libro que, a buen seguro, entusiasmará tanto a los amantes del cine como a los espectadores ocasionales, Greg Garrett estudia el tratamiento de cuestiones teológicas en docenas de clásicos antiguos y nuevos de Hollywood. Esto le da pie para reflexionar acerca de la repercusión que pueda tener en el futuro del cine y la religión la nueva apertura a la espiritualidad que se aprecia en muchos filmes. Al hilo de largometrajes tan dispares co...