Movies on a Mission

American Protestants and the Foreign Missionary Film, 1906-1956

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

This investigation into the little-known genre of mission-oriented films uncovers how Protestant missionaries overseas sought to bring back motion picture footage from remote parts of the world. In the broader religious community, mission films aimed to educate congregants back home about efforts to evangelize communities around the world. This book, however, demonstrates the larger impact of mission films on American visual culture. The evolution and development of the genre is highlighted from an early emphasis on "foreign views" in the 1910s, to interwar films providing a more detailed look at how mission stations functioned in far-flung lands, to Cold War productions which at times functioned as veritable propaganda tools parroting anti-communist discourse emanating from the CIA.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-09-28
Mått:178 x 254 x 12 mm
Vikt:445 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:243
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476685397

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Glenn Reynolds is a professor of history at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York. He specializes in forgotten cinemas at the margins, especially colonial cinema in Africa, and the global proliferation of missionary films. He lives in Ossining, New York.

Recensioner i media

“...this in-depth research significantly expands our understanding of how religious leaders utilized films in evangelistic and humanitarian work around the globe. This is an outstanding scholarly work that expands the boundaries of what film studies can be.”—Terry Lindvall, author of Sanctuary Cinema: The Origins and the Evolution of the Christian Film Industry

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsPrefaceIntroductionPart I—Putting Faith in Film: Mainline Protestants and the New MediaOne. deleteThe “Scientific Gradation of Vice”Two. deleteThe Screen SermonThree. deleteLocation, Location, LocationPart II—The Biggest, the Best, and the Most Remarkable: Foreign Views and the Evangelization of the World, 1908–1919Four. deleteBringing the Missionary Film Genre into FocusFive. delete“The World” in PicturesSix. deleteMissionary Film Companies and Ecumenical Partnerships in the Mid–1910sSeven. deleteCinema and the Sunday School MovementEight. deleteMissions Accomplished in the EastPart III—Putting the Reels in Mission: From Evangelization to Mission Work in the Interwar YearsNine. deletePost–World War I: The Challenges of EcumenismTen. deleteGoing It AloneEleven. deleteRank Amateurs, Radical Missionaries, Traveling Pastors and Lone WolvesTwelve. deleteThe Expanding Genre in the Post–World War I EraThirteen. deleteEcumenism RevisitedPart IV—New Frontiers: Evangelicals, Cold Wars and the Institutionalization of the GenreFourteen. deleteThe Institutionalization of the Missionary FilmFifteen. deleteGo Pro: Paul Gebauer, Henri Ferger, Alan Shilin and the Professionalization of the GenreSixteen. deleteThe Geopolitics of Missionary FilmmakingSeventeen. deleteEvangelicals, Cold Warriors and Other Soldiers of the FaithEighteen. deleteHeroes, Martyrs, Winged Messengers, and Journeys Long and ArduousConclusion: A Half-Century of Missionary FilmmakingChapter NotesBibliographyIndex