Spirit and the Screen

Chris E.W. Green is professor of public theology at Southeastern University and the director of the St Anthony Institute of Theology, Philosophy, and Liturgics. Steven Félix-Jäger is associate professor and chair of the Worship Arts and Media program at Life Pacific University.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Beginnings and Aspirations (or: The Spirit Glows Where It Wills) Chris E.W. GreenPart 1 | The Spirit and the Nature of Film(making)Chapter 2 The Move of the Spirit: Pneumatology and Temporality in Malick’s Cinema Chris E.W. GreenChapter 3 Feed the Birds: Mary Poppins, Film Musicals, and the Spirit of Life Kutter CallawayChapter 4 Traditioning and the Spirit in Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan StoryJeffrey S. LampChapter 5 Power of the Spirit: Sayers and Cinema Crystal L. DowningPart 2 | Spirit FiguresChapter 6 POWER. GRACE. WISDOM. WONDER.: The Paraclete in Patty Jenkins’ Wonder WomanSteven Félix-JägerChapter 7 Exegeting Samwise the (Brave) Advocate Lucia M. SandersChapter 8 Paciencia y Fe: The Spirited Presence of Abuela Claudia in In the HeightsWilmer Estrada-CarrasquilloChapter 9 The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come’: A Pneumatological Exploration of Te Fiti in Disney’s MoanaD. Coleby DelgadoPart 3 | The Spirit-led LifeCha

Rather than once again exploring films which have a Christ-figure—e.g., Logan, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest—The Spirit and the Screen focuses instead on the importance of the Spirit, believing that the Spirit of Life is in all things, both inspiring and advocating. The authors of this first-rate collection are a diverse group of younger and more mature scholars, male and female, Pentecostal and non-Pentecostal, white and persons of color. Together, their differing perspectives help readers understand the range and depth of film analysis from a pneumatological perspective. In the process, they break new and helpful ground in theology and film studies. Highly recommended!