Here are articles on such intriguing topics as the theology of African Independent Churches, new religious movememnts, Dutch Reformed theology in South Africa, black consciousness and human rights, and such interesting figures as Jacques Ellul, Abraham Kuyper, Michael Polanyi and Teilhard de Chardin.

This is a book for students of literature, for lovers of reading, for would-be writers, for accomplished Christian poets, novelists and playwrights who want to connect their faith and their art at the deepest level.

Unfortunately we often suspend our beliefs as well, succumbing to subtle lessons in how to behave, to think and even perceive reality. We find ourselves hoping that asister will succeed inseducing her sibling's husband, that a thief will get away with a crime, that a serial killer will escape judgment. We will laugh at the bumbling priest & seethe at the intolerant & abusive evangelist. We embrace worldviews that infect our faith & wonderafter our heads are clear, whether our faith can survive the infection.

With the sensibilities of a successful screenwriter & the sensitivities of a thoughtful Christian, Brian Godawa guides us through the place of redemption in film, the tricks scriptwriters us to communicate their message, & the mental & spiritual discipline required for watching films. Hollywoood Worldviews helps us to enter a dialogue with Hollywood that leads to a happier ending, one that keeps us aware of our culture & awake to our faith.