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Robert K. Johnston

Useless Beauty

Ecclesiastes Through the Lens of Contemporary Film

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Endorsements:A wise old adage of faith states, 'Read the newspaper in one hand and the Bible in the other.' The slogan is an invitation to notice the complex engagement of faith and culture. In Useless Beauty, Johnston takes up the interface of faith and culture with specificity and immediacy. His discussion permits an instructive dialogue, whereby we read Ecclesiastes differently, and we read contemporary film with fresh eyes of faith. Neither the text nor the films can be easily dismissed as 'absurd.' Both are thickened, and we are driven deeper in our self-discernment by the process. Johnston's alertness and urbaneness constitute a model f… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-61097-829-3
  • EAN: 9781610978293
  • Produktnummer: 12334105
  • Verlag: Wipf & Stock Publishers
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
  • Seitenangabe: 210 S.
  • Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.1 cm 271 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 271

Über den Autor


Robert K. Johnston is an Associate Professor of Religion, Western Kentucky University, and a noted member of the evangelical community. His articles have appeared in Christianity Today, The Reformed Journal, The Christian Century, Duke Divinity School Review, The Covenant Quarterly, and several others. He contributed an article on the role of women in the church to a book entitled Scripture, Tradition, and Interpretation.

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