
The Stories We Tell
How TV and Movies Long for and Echo the Truth
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Timothy J. Keller
- An Important Word before We Begin
- Introduction: A World Full of Stories
- 1 The Stories We Tell
- 2 How Far Is Too Far?
- 3 The Ghosts of Eden
- 4 The Search for Love
- 5 O, How the Mighty Have Fallen
- 6 Frustration
- 7 Shadows and Darkness
- 8 Redemptive Violence
- 9 Heroes and Messiahs
- 10 Honey Boo Boo and the Weight of Glory
- Epilogue (And a Word to Christian Filmmakers)
- Works Cited
- Notes
- General Index
- Scripture Index