Movies Are Prayers : How Films Voice Our Deepest Longings.

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword by Matt Zoller Seitz -- 1 Movies Are Prayers? -- Movies as Prayer -- The Language of Prayer -- Here Be R-Rated Movies -- 2 Movies as Prayers of Praise -- Made to Praise -- The Art of Praise -- All Things Bright and Beautiful -- New Wave of Praise -- Shepherds Quake -- Songs of the Valley -- 3 Movies as Prayers of Yearning -- 1-888-PRAYER? -- The Art of Yearning -- Yearning for God in All the Wrong Places -- Lost in Space -- Prayer as Pining -- Playing Chess with Death -- Face to Face with the Jaguar Shark -- 4 Movies as Prayers of Lament -- From Negro Spirituals to the Psalms -- The Art of Lament -- The Day the Superhero Died -- Sounds of Lament, from Tokyo to Chinatown -- Nowhere Else to Turn -- The Hope of Lament -- When Souls Arise -- 5 Movies as Prayers of Anger -- WTF God? -- The Art of Anger -- When Words Fail -- The Anger of the Exploited -- Touches of Evil -- A Teen Torn Apart -- 6 Movies as Prayers of Confession -- Who, Me? -- The Art of Confession -- Giving Up the Gun -- To Confess a Killing -- Amy Schumer Is Not Ok -- Master of Suspense . . . and Confession -- Admitting to "the Other Woman" -- Buzz Lightyear's Burden -- 7 Movies as Prayers of Reconciliation -- Finding a Way Forward -- The Art of Reconciliation -- Reconciling with Ourselves -- Mother and Child Reunions -- Married, with Complications -- The Ballad of Alexandra and Sin-Dee -- Back to Bed-Stuy -- 8 Movies as Prayers of Obedience -- Jonah's Prayer -- The Art of Obedience -- "No One Can Serve Two Masters" -- "If You Build It, He Will Come" -- Beasts and Burdens -- Clarence Earns His Wings -- 9 Movies as Prayers of Meditation and Contemplation -- Take a Deep Breath -- The Art of Meditation and Contemplation -- Meditation at 5 MPH -- "Meditate on It Day and Night" -- Contemplating the "Boring" -- The Sounds of Silence.

"All Will Be Well" -- Eye of the Storm -- 10 Movies as Prayers of Joy -- The Eschatology of Joy -- The Art of Joy -- All Aboard the Catbus -- Holy Nonsense -- Passage to India -- "I'm in Heaven . . ." -- 11 Prayer as Journey -- Creation -- Fall -- Redemption -- Restoration -- My prayer -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Movies Are Prayers? -- Chapter 2: Movies as Prayers of Praise -- Chapter 3: Movies as Prayers of Yearning -- Chapter 4: Movies as Prayers of Lament -- Chapter 5: Movies as Prayers of Anger -- Chapter 6: Movies as Prayers of Confession -- Chapter 7: Movies as Prayers of Reconciliation -- Chapter 8: Movies as Prayers of Obedience -- Chapter 9: Movies as Prayers of Meditation and Contemplation -- Chapter 10: Movies as Prayers of Joy -- Index of Movie Titles -- Index of Movies by Type of Prayer -- Praise For Movies Are Prayers -- About the Author -- More Titles from InterVarsity Press -- Copyright.

Movies do more than tell a good story. Filmspotting co-host Josh Larsen brings a critic's unique perspective to how movies can act as prayers--expressing lament, praise, joy, confession, and more. When words fail, the perfect film might be just what you need to jump-start your conversations with the Almighty.

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