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Additional Resources


While the practice of integrating movie storylines into sermons has only developed over the last two decades in particular, there are more and more resources for those who choose try this model for connecting with the congregation.

Below you'll find a broad spectrum of additional resources to help guide you in the process of exegeting celluloid stories for the sanctuary.


Catherine Barsotti, Finding God in the Movies (2004)


Jurt Buner, Jim Ware, Finding God in The Lord of the Rings, (SaltRiver, 2006)

Lloyd Baugh, Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ-Figures in Film (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997)

Timothy B. Cargal, Hearing a Film, Seeing a Sermon: Preaching and Popular Movies (Westminster John Knox Press, 2007)

Christopher Deacy, Screen Christologies: Redemption and the Medium of Film (2002)


Paul V. M. Flesher, Film and Religion (Abingdon, 2007)


Robert K. Johnson, Reel Spirituality: Theology and Film in Dialogue (Baker Book House, 2000)


Robert K. Johntson, Reframing Theology and Film: New Focus for an Emerging Discipline (Baker Academic, 2007)

Richard Leonard, Movies that Matter: Reading Film Through the Lens of Faith (Loyola, 2006)


Peter Malone, Rose Pascette, Lights, Camera, Faith . . . A Movie Lectionary, Cycle A (Pauline Books, 2001)

Clive Marsh, ed., Explorations in Theology and Film (Blackwell, 1998)


Mark T. Newman, "From Cinema to Sermon: Using Movies to Illustrate" (Part I & Part II), (MovieMinistry.com, accessed 08.04.24)

Adele Reinhartz, Scripture on the Silver Screen (Westminster John Knox Press, 2003)


Bob Rognlien, Experiential Worship: Encountering God With Heart, Soul, Mind, And Strength (NavPress Publishing Group, 2005)


Richard C. Stern, Savior on the Silver Screen (Paulist Press, 1997)

Bryan P. Stone, Faith in Film: Theological Themes at the Cinema
(Chalice Press, 2000)


W. Barnes Tatum, Jesus at the Movies: A Guide to the First Hundred Years (Polebridge Press, 1998)


Richard Walsh, Reading the Gospels in the Dark: Portrayals of Jesus in Film (Trinity Press International, 2003)


Melanie J. Wright, Religion and Film: An Introduction (Tauris, 2006)