Abstract
In the following essay I identify some of the images of God I have found in contemporary, popular movies. Some of these are visual images of God, while others are conceptions of what God expects from us or for us. I conclude that the God of the movies is both gentle and tough, merciful and stern, caring and just. Movies may emphasize the merciful, but the images of God include both mercy and justice and the emphasis mirrors the emphasis on mercy in our own culture. We are, on the whole, optimists, and the images of God in the movies support such optimism.
Recommended Citation
Greeley, Andrew M.
(1997)
"Images of God in the Movies,"
Journal of Religion & Film: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol1/iss1/2
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