Michael Bird

John R. May

Michael S. Bird

This multiauthor book concentrates on themes and images of religion in film. It features analysis of some of the most important directors in the twentieth century, includiing Coppola, Chaplin, Hitchcock, and Truffaut, among others.

Religion in Film

In this volume the author maintains that Flannery O'Connor strongly melded her art and her religious beliefs in her writings, to the point that these two aspects were inseparable and can never exclusive from one another. The author recognizes that O'Connor, like Jesus, conveys her themes through stories that illustrate moral or religious lessons that force readers to take a fresh look at their world because it makes reality live for them in a new way. He proposes that, as a result, her readers not only read her work but participate in it as well. The author feels that readers extract -- from scenes of ordinary life in her fiction -- meaning and wisdom relevant to their "universal human existence." He offers examples that demonstrate opportunities for readers to participate in O'Connor's depiction of reality

The Parables of Flannery O'Connor

The Pruning Word

Toward a New Earth: Apocalypse in the American Novel

An examination of how the films we see and the books we read affect our faith and our view of the world. With the Apostles' Creed as his foundation, author May interprets popular works such as The Grapes of Wrath, Cool Hand Luke, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Saving Private Ryan through the lens of religious faith.

John R. May

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