Of Pilgrims and Fire: When God Shows Up at the Movies

by Roy M. Anker

Every human being, Roy Anker points out, is a pilgrim searching for a destination that promises meaning and welcome. We seek a glimpse of light or fire pointing the way to a place that soothes the soul. This light often shines most clearly in the stories we love to see on film.
In Of Pilgrims and Fire Anker explores some of cinema's most profound moments of pilgrims looking for light. His movie choices are rarely those we might consider "religious,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802865720
• ISBN13: 9780802865724
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.8"