The Stories We Tell
eBook - ePub

The Stories We Tell

How TV and Movies Long for and Echo the Truth

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Stories We Tell

How TV and Movies Long for and Echo the Truth

About this book

The average American watches 5 hours of TV every day.
Collectively, we spend roughly $30 billion on movies each year.

Simply put, we're entertainment junkies. But can we learn something from our insatiable addiction to stories? Mike Cosper thinks so.

From horror flicks to rom-coms, the tales we tell and the myths we weave inevitably echo the narrative underlying all of history: the story of humanity's tragic sin and God's triumphant salvation. This entertaining book connects the dots between the stories we tell and the one, great Story—helping us better understand the longings of the human heart and thoughtfully engage with the movies and TV shows that capture our imaginations.

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Yes, you can access The Stories We Tell by Mike Cosper, Timothy Keller, Collin Hansen, Timothy Keller,Collin Hansen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Théologie et religion & Religion. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Crossway
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781433537080

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword by Timothy J. Keller
  7. An Important Word before We Begin
  8. Introduction: A World Full of Stories
  9. 1 The Stories We Tell
  10. 2 How Far Is Too Far?
  11. 3 The Ghosts of Eden
  12. 4 The Search for Love
  13. 5 O, How the Mighty Have Fallen
  14. 6 Frustration
  15. 7 Shadows and Darkness
  16. 8 Redemptive Violence
  17. 9 Heroes and Messiahs
  18. 10 Honey Boo Boo and the Weight of Glory
  19. Epilogue (And a Word to Christian Filmmakers)
  20. Works Cited
  21. Notes
  22. General Index
  23. Scripture Index