Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes Through the Lens of Contemporary Film

Taking up movies such as American Beauty, Magnolia, and About Schmidt, this book addresses such biblical issues as life and death, chance and choice, loneliness and connection, and God's presence and absence to deepen our understanding of life's beauty amid its confusion and pain.

• Author
• Robert K. Johnston

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 208

• Publisher
• Baker Academic

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780801027857

• Genres
• theology, art, film

• Release date
• 2004