Richard Vance Goodwin - Seeing Is Believing

How might film reveal God? Do movies put people in a place of heightened receptivity to God’s revelation?

Brent talks with Richard Vance Goodwin about his new book from IVP America called ‘Seeing Is Believing: The Revelation of God Through Film’.

• (0:45) How Richard’s interest in film developed;
• (3:17) Why Christians have been so reluctant to engage with arts and the cinema;
• (5:30) A good theology of creation;
• (6:30) How we can theologically engage with movies;
• (10:00) Cinema and Jacob at Bethel;
• (13:30) Are there ‘spiritual’ stylistic choices in film?
• (17:20) Lighting in film;
• (18:30) General revelation and film;
• (20:05) 2001: A Space Odyssey
• (26:20) C.S. Lewis and joy. 

Links mentioned in this episode:

IV Press

Richard Vance Goodwin 'Seeing Is Believing - The Revelation of God Through Film'

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