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Engaging with recent scholarship on film, particularly film and theology as well as classical reception, Lisa Maurice considers the gods of Greek and Roman mythology alongside the biblical God of the Judeo-Christian tradition.
During the summer of 1969-the summer Americans first walked on the moon-musician and poet Patti Smith recalled strolling down the Coney Island Boardwalk to a refreshment stand, where "pictures of Jesus, President Kennedy, and the astronauts were taped to the wall behind the register." Such was the zeitgeist in the year of the moon. Yet this holy trinity of 1960s America would quickly fall apart. Although Jesus and John F. Kennedy remained iconic, by the time the Apollo Program came to a premature end just three years later few Americans mourned its passing. Why did support for the space program decrease so sharply by the early 1970s? Rooted in profound scientific and technological leaps, rational technocratic management, and an ambitious view of the universe as a realm susceptible to human mastery, the Apollo moon landings were the grandest manifestation of postwar American progress and seemed to prove that the United States could accomplish anything to which it committed its energies and resources. To the great dismay of its many proponents, however, NASA found the ground shifting beneath its feet as a fierce wave of anti-rationalism arose throughout American society, fostering a cultural environment in which growing numbers of Americans began to contest rather than embrace the rationalist values and vision of progress that Apollo embodied. Shifting the conversation of Apollo from its Cold War origins to larger trends in American culture and society, and probing an eclectic mix of voices from the era, including intellectuals, religious leaders, rock musicians, politicians, and a variety of everyday Americans, Matthew Tribbe paints an electrifying portrait of a nation in the midst of questioning the very values that had guided it through the postwar years as it began to develop new conceptions of progress that had little to do with blasting ever more men to the moon. No Requiem for the Space Age offers a narrative of the 1960s and 1970s unlike any told before, with the story of Apollo as the story of America itself in a time of dramatic cultural change.
After surviving a series of life-threatening illnesses, the author’s physician posed to him the question, “Have you been a good man?” He wanted to know whether Stuart I. Forman’s good fortune was a reward for living a good life. Strivings is the author’s answer to that question. Forman traces his life through the platform of literature, highlighting fourteen books that have guided the way he lives. In examining each book, he seeks to answer questions such as: • What does leading a life as a good person actually mean? • Are there really rewards for striving to lead a good life? • How did Judaism affect the life the author chose to strive to live? From Wasp by Eric Frank Russell, to An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis by Charles Brenner, to The Wisdom of Laotse by Lin Yutang, and other books, the author explores the ideas and lessons that have had the most impact on his life. Everyone would like to be remembered for good and helping others live a better life. This book presents one man’s journey toward trying to live such life. Join the author as he shares lessons learned over seven decades of winning, losing, and learning.
"This book explores the representation of Helen of Troy in Hollywood film and television, with a particular focus on her defining features: transcendent beauty and transgressive erotic agency. The first chapter, on early Hollywood, sets the scene by explaining the importance of ideas about Greek beauty at the beginning of cinema and highlighting some of the problems that continue to bedevil this topic, especially "realism" and the representation of supreme beauty. Blondell argues that the problem of Helen is baked into Hollywood from the start. In subsequent chapters Blondell examines specific screen adaptations in which Helen is featured. Each of these case studies locates a particular work in its historical, cultural, and generic context, as a framework for addressing the ways in which it approaches a range of interlocking questions about beauty, its representation, and the cinematic uses of myth. The second chapter is devoted to the sole Helenic feature film of the silent period, Alexander Korda's Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927). Part II moves to the big screen epic, pairing one film from each of the two great waves of ancient world epic spanning the latter half of the 20th century: Robert Wise's 1956 epic Helen of Troy and Wolfgang Petersen's more recent extravaganza, Troy (2004). In Part III she turns to television, with a chapter on episodic tele-fantasy followed by a study of the 2003 miniseries Helen of Troy. In some of these works Helen is the central character (or "hero"); in others she is at the periphery of a masculine adventure. But in all of them she represents the threat of superhuman beauty as an inheritance from classical Greece"--
Over a period of centuries the Ancient Ones of the American Southwest constructed a pattern of sandstone villages that precisely matches key constellations in the sky. This book plunges you into the mysteries of these unified star correlations. Other fascinating topics include: Orion’s global stargate shrines, Arizona earth chakras, crypto-creatures and star ancestors; the lost empire of Aztlán; evidence of transoceanic migrations to the Southwest in early epochs; the purpose of massive pyramids and canals made by those who once lived on the site of modern-day Phoenix; the subterranean origin of the Anasazi; the cave conundrum of Grand Canyon; the Hopi Mystery Egg; and prophecies of the Fifth World. Chapters include: Stellar Arizona; OZ (Orion Zone) Rising; Arizona Earth Chakras; Grand Canyon Cave Enigma and the Hopi Underworld; Pyramids and Canals of the Phoenix Basin Hohokam; The Hopi Mystery Egg and Prophecies of the Fifth World; All Roads Lead to... Chaco; Pole Star to the Underworld-Anasazi Ruins of Northwestern New Mexico; Mimbres-A Pre-Columbian Counter Culture In Southwestern New Mexico; Mummies, a Meteorite, and the Macaw Constellation-Casas Grandes, Mexico; The Lost Empire of Aztlán; The ABC of Orion: Ants, Bulls, and Copper; Crab Nebula Notes-Shifting To the Age of Taurus, 4,000 BC; Epic Seas Voyages of the Desert People; Genetic Evidence For Pre-Columbian Travel To the American Southwest; Global Orion Shrines-A Celestial Plan; more.
Full of action, romance, betrayal, passion, violence, and tragedy, the timeless ancient Greek and Roman myths make great reading. With a cast of unique characters and unbelievable story lines, classical mythology explains phenomena such as creation, weather, nature, and the universe with unparalleled drama. The Everything Classical Mythology Book is an entertaining and educational guide that explains all the great myths and explores how they have influenced language, art, music, psychology, and even today's popular culture. The book tells the fascinating stories of the gods' rise to power on Mount Olympus and of their frequent clashes with larger-than-life heroes. Rounded out with a helpful glossary, an index of characters, and many reading resources, this action-packed new addition to the Everything series brings classical mythology to life!
Our world is alive with fascinating new ideas, discoveries, and technologies. But for Christians this can also present problems-especially when the values of postmodernism and secular university life conflict with basic Christian principles. What should Christians do when their beliefs come under attack in the classroom or the public square? Loving God with All Your Mind shows us that the answer is neither wholesale rejection of intellectual life and culture, nor blind acceptance of it. The answer lies in understanding that Jesus is Lord of all of life and that everything in life must be carefully viewed in the light of what Christ's lordship means. Gene Edward Veith unfolds a dazzling critique of the postmodern intellectual world and culture. He affirms the part that is good and true, but he also shows crucial weaknesses that have such a hold over contemporary thought. This book shows Christians how to survive and flourish in a postmodern world while affirming the truth of the Christian faith.
