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Billingsley, Lloyd.

The seductive image : a Christian critique of the world of film / K.L. Billingsley. - Westchester, Ill. : Crossway Books, 1989. - xiii, 236 p. ; 22 cm. - Turning point Christian worldview series . - Turning point Christian worldview series. .

"Published in association with the Fieldstead Institute, Irvine, Calif."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-221) and indexes.

Christians and movies -- What is drama? -- Christianity and drama -- Pictures that move, pictures that talk -- The limitations of film -- What film does well -- Basic questions about movies -- The film community, the film business -- The Hollywood worldview -- Religion and the movies -- Politics and dramatic film -- Politics and the documentary -- The Hollywood blacklist -- The Christian filmmaker -- The Christian film viewer.

ISBN: 0891075100 9780891075103 0891075429

LCCN: 88071805

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Motion pictures--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Motion pictures--Plots, themes, etc.--United States
Motion picture industry--United States.
Film
Moral

LC Class. No.: PN1995.5 / .B48 1989

Dewey Class. No.: 261.52 / BIL