Carson Holloway is professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska at OmahaMicah Watson is is Paul Henry professor of Christianity and Politics at Calvin University

• Part I: Sin and Alienation in a Fallen WorldChapter 1: “Fantasies of Fallen Man”: Reading Robert Eggers’s The Northman in Light of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Catholic Aesthetics, J. Columcille DeverChapter 2: Gran Torino: The Sins of Walt Kowalski, Matthew J. FranckChapter 3: Flying the Faithless Skies: Up in the Air, Susan McWilliams BarndtPart II: The Workings of Grace in a Fallen WorldChapter 4: God, Man, and George Bailey: The Theological Anthropology of It’s a Wonderful Life, Francis J. BeckwithChapter 5: Gravity and Gratitude, Christopher TollefsenChapter 6: Receptivity to Grace and the Affirmation of Life: Reflections on Babette’s Feast, Kirstin Carlson and David McPherson Chapter 7: Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups: A Pilgrim’s Progress, R. Michael OlsonPart III: Faith and the Confrontation with Radical EvilChapter 8: Radical Evil and Redemption in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Micah WatsonChapter 9: Thanos, Thor, and Theodicy: The Problem of Evil in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jordan J. BallorChapter 10: Tradition, Demonic Evil, and Despair in No Country for Old Men, Carson HollowayChapter 11: Malick on Martyrdom: A Hidden Life, Jennifer A. Frey

“This is a great volume of essays that work both as solid primers into major themes related to faith, and as lucid excursions into specific films. This volume is fascinating, readable, and provocative. Highly recommended.”

Carson Holloway is professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska at OmahaMicah Watson is is Paul Henry professor of Christianity and Politics at Calvin University

• Part I: Sin and Alienation in a Fallen WorldChapter 1: “Fantasies of Fallen Man”: Reading Robert Eggers’s The Northman in Light of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Catholic Aesthetics, J. Columcille DeverChapter 2: Gran Torino: The Sins of Walt Kowalski, Matthew J. FranckChapter 3: Flying the Faithless Skies: Up in the Air, Susan McWilliams BarndtPart II: The Workings of Grace in a Fallen WorldChapter 4: God, Man, and George Bailey: The Theological Anthropology of It’s a Wonderful Life, Francis J. BeckwithChapter 5: Gravity and Gratitude, Christopher TollefsenChapter 6: Receptivity to Grace and the Affirmation of Life: Reflections on Babette’s Feast, Kirstin Carlson and David McPherson Chapter 7: Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups: A Pilgrim’s Progress, R. Michael OlsonPart III: Faith and the Confrontation with Radical EvilChapter 8: Radical Evil and Redemption in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Micah WatsonChapter 9: Thanos, Thor, and Theodicy: The Problem of Evil in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jordan J. BallorChapter 10: Tradition, Demonic Evil, and Despair in No Country for Old Men, Carson HollowayChapter 11: Malick on Martyrdom: A Hidden Life, Jennifer A. Frey

“This is a great volume of essays that work both as solid primers into major themes related to faith, and as lucid excursions into specific films. This volume is fascinating, readable, and provocative. Highly recommended.”

Carson Holloway is professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska at OmahaMicah Watson is is Paul Henry professor of Christianity and Politics at Calvin University

• Part I: Sin and Alienation in a Fallen WorldChapter 1: “Fantasies of Fallen Man”: Reading Robert Eggers’s The Northman in Light of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Catholic Aesthetics, J. Columcille DeverChapter 2: Gran Torino: The Sins of Walt Kowalski, Matthew J. FranckChapter 3: Flying the Faithless Skies: Up in the Air, Susan McWilliams BarndtPart II: The Workings of Grace in a Fallen WorldChapter 4: God, Man, and George Bailey: The Theological Anthropology of It’s a Wonderful Life, Francis J. BeckwithChapter 5: Gravity and Gratitude, Christopher TollefsenChapter 6: Receptivity to Grace and the Affirmation of Life: Reflections on Babette’s Feast, Kirstin Carlson and David McPherson Chapter 7: Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups: A Pilgrim’s Progress, R. Michael OlsonPart III: Faith and the Confrontation with Radical EvilChapter 8: Radical Evil and Redemption in the Dark Knight Trilogy, Micah WatsonChapter 9: Thanos, Thor, and Theodicy: The Problem of Evil in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jordan J. BallorChapter 10: Tradition, Demonic Evil, and Despair in No Country for Old Men, Carson HollowayChapter 11: Malick on Martyrdom: A Hidden Life, Jennifer A. Frey

“This is a great volume of essays that work both as solid primers into major themes related to faith, and as lucid excursions into specific films. This volume is fascinating, readable, and provocative. Highly recommended.”