Mark Bowald
Mark Bowald is professor of theological studies and director of master’s programs at Grace College and Theological Seminary. He serves as canon theologian and examining chaplain for the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes (ACNA) and is the former general editor of Christian Scholar’s Review. With industry experience in film and television, he writes and speaks on hermeneutics, theology, and culture.
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Faith and Film: A Brief Annotated Bibliography
• Roy M. Anker, Catching Light: Looking for God in the Movies (Eerdmans, 2004). Anker has written and edited many other film related books. • Christopher Deacy and Gaye Williams Ortiz, Theology and Film: Challenging the Sacred/Secular Divide (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008). Both Deacy and Ortiz have written other worthwhile related books. • Craig Detweiler, Into the […]
The Unbearable Ambivalence of Film: With Consideration of Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder
Classic Protestants are intrinsically ambivalent about human nature and thus human culture. On one side, we’re haunted by historical shadows. We’re disturbed by the specter of Constantinianism, since both Scripture and history bear witness to the pitfalls of wedding faith with political culture; we’re sensitive to […]
