02722oam 22006014a 450 991048059010332120170810200530.00-8147-5323-X(CKB)2670000000155543(EBL)866176(OCoLC)779828459(SSID)ssj0000607672(PQKBManifestationID)11336593(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607672(PQKBWorkID)10584398(PQKB)10105970(OCoLC)794701134(MdBmJHUP)muse10645(MiAaPQ)EBC866176(EXLCZ)99267000000015554320061006d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSanctuary Cinema[electronic resource] Origins of the Christian Film Industry /Terry LindvallNew York ;London :New York University Press,[2007]©20071 online resource (314 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-5250-0 0-8147-5210-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-296) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Brazen Serpent; Sanctuary Cinema; Divine Shows; Better Films; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorWinner of the Religious Communication Association Book of the Year Award for 2008. Sanctuary Cinema provides the first history of the origins of the Christian film industry. Focusing on the early days of film during the silent era, it traces the ways in which the Church came to adopt film making as a way of conveying the Christian message to adherents. Surprisingly, rather than separating themselves from Hollywood or the American entertainment culture, early Christian film makers embraced Hollywood cinematic techniques and often populated their films with attractive actors and actresses. But tSilent filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismMotion pictures in Christian educationChristian filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismMotion picturesReligious aspectsChristianityElectronic books. Silent filmsHistory and criticism.Motion pictures in Christian education.Christian filmsHistory and criticism.Motion picturesReligious aspectsChristianity.791.4301Lindvall Terry1029331MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910480590103321Sanctuary Cinema2445664UNINA