{"product_id":"american-religious-and-biblical-spectaculars-gerald-e-forshey-9780275931971","title":"American Religious and Biblical Spectaculars","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis intriguing book explores why spectacular films involving Biblical figures or set in Biblical times have been a staple of filmmaking since talkies began. Forshey looks at these films, and suggests that the underlying purpose was to mediate between a monistic scientific world view and a dualistic religious world view, and between secular and religious ethics. Forshey discusses how filmic, political, religious, and cultural history influenced filmmakers of these spectaculars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first chapter differentiates between religious spectaculars and biblical spectaculars. Following are chapters on early religious films and others on how the post-war and cold war led to a struggle to define the righteous nation. The chapters on biblical spectaculars examine films in which sex and social responsibility was a paramount concern (\u003ci\u003eSamson and Delilah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDavid and Bathsheba\u003c\/i\u003e). The 1960s were dominated by films about Jesus, searching for an ethical system for a world undergoing rapid social change. One entire chapter is devoted to Cecil B. DeMille's \u003ci\u003eThe Ten Commandments\u003c\/i\u003e, the epitome of the form, followed by chapters on John Huston's \u003ci\u003eThe Bible\u003c\/i\u003e as a culmination of the form, and a final one on how television rethought spectaculars and how Martin Scorsese's \u003ci\u003eThe Last Temptation of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e drew the battle lines between humanistic Christians and evangelical Christians. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Religious and Biblical Spectaculars\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to scholars of film, religion, and popular culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald E. Forshey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275931978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275931971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 6.42w x 0.89d","brand":"Gerald E. Forshey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46526192746751,"sku":"9780275931971","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_812624d5-9d99-43d8-868b-676a91d2a178.jpg?v=1737555459","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-religious-and-biblical-spectaculars-gerald-e-forshey-9780275931971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}