Christianity & Art

Meet Satellite Co-Editors Hannah Gentry and Claire Jones

October 21, 2020 | Sarah John

CNMA students Hannah Gentry and Claire Jones have excelled at pushing Satellite, HBU’s student-run arts and culture magazine, into new territory during COVID. Despite the limitations of online collaboration, Gentry and Jones, co-editors, have led …

Professor Coleman Published in Image Journal

July 31, 2017 | Cinema & New Media Arts Bearden Coleman, associate professor of Cinema, Media Arts, and Writing, was recently published in a film-focused issue of Image Journal. The essay, as part of a series of articles about the films that help you live better, takes a closer look at Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master and the way it helps viewers see the world more clearly and honestly.

The Cinema of Capra, Part 3: Guts & Stardust

May 30, 2015 | Charissa Fenton Art is a homily, or at least it can be for the artist who strives to show truth, goodness, and beauty in his work. In our modern world, where Christian films are often stereotyped and written off as preachy, sentimental, unrealistic, and corny it might be a good idea to take a look back at a man whose films were nicknamed “Capracorn” for some of the very same reasons...

Dr. Reno Lauro Shares Insight with CNMA Students

April 30, 2015 | Cinema & New Media Arts

This semester, our CNMA students are studying the cinematic work of Terrence Malick, the brilliant and elusive filmmaker behind The Tree of Life, The Thin Red Line, and Days of Heaven. We were …

Professor TenNapel’s “VeggieTales in the House” Premieres!

November 26, 2014 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Check out the brand-new VeggieTales TV show, “VeggieTales In the House” developed and executive produced by our very own Cinema & New Media Arts professor, Doug TenNapel — it premieres on Netflix today!

http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/80011539

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Tragic Worship

June 12, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Carl Trueman writes about death, tragedy, and Christian worship over at First Things:

The problem with much Christian worship in the contemporary world, Catholic and Protestant alike, is not that it is too entertaining but …

How to Discourage Christian Artists

May 28, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Over at The Gospel Coalition, Wheaton College president Philip Ryken explores how local churches can cultivate healthier thinking about the arts and encourage parishioners with artistic vocations. He gives a list of common problems that …

Cinema in Modern Life

May 22, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Caleb Wheeler from The Point magazine interviewed program director Joshua Sikora and others in a new article on the influence of cinema in modern life:

“[Movies] are a way of imprinting time — capturing and preserving …

John Huston's "Wise Blood"

April 28, 2013 | Clint Cullum

Periodically at my church, St. James the Apostle Episcopal Church, I host an evening in which I show a film and then lead a discussion afterwards focusing on the finer points of film artistry and …

Art as a Common Gift

April 18, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Tony Woodlief defends the democratization of art over at Good Letters. This is a great point of discussion for cinema as filmmaking becomes cheaper and more accessible than ever before.

A casual traipse through Tumblr—an …