A Catholic Goes to the Movies
Fr. Daniel Callam’s reflections in A Catholic Goes to the Movies are the fruit of serious pondering of the meaning of a wide range of films, each of which reveals us to ourselves. This is a deeply insightful book, a thoroughly enjoyable one, beautifully written with humour and penetrating exegesis. ~ Michael D. O’Brien, author of Father Elijah
Fr. Daniel Callam, C.S.B., was born in Amherstburg, Ontario. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of St. Michael’s College. After receiving his doctorate in theology from the University of Oxford, he was Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Saint Thomas More College in Saskatoon. He founded the Canadian Catholic Review, which he edited for fifteen years until 1997, when he was appointed to the faculty of theology at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston, Texas. He returned to Canada in 2008, first to Holy Rosary Church, Toronto, and then to Cardinal Flahiff Centre, where he presently resides.
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A Catholic Goes to the Movies
Fr. Daniel Callam’s reflections in A Catholic Goes to the Movies are the fruit of serious pondering of the meaning of a wide range of films, each of which reveals us to ourselves. This is a deeply insightful book, a thoroughly enjoyable one, beautifully written with humour and penetrating exegesis. ~ Michael D. O’Brien, author of Father Elijah
Fr. Callam discusses the moral problems in twenty-first century films with dazzling virtuosity and wide-ranging erudition. This is Catholic criticism that is in every way catholic. ~ M. Owen Lee, author, commentator on the Metropolitan Opera Broadcast
A Catholic Goes to the Movies est un travail de réflexion fort intelligent, courageux et avisé par un auteur qui connaît ses classiques anglais et français. ~ Benoit Patar, founder and former editor of Revue québécoise de cinéma
Fr. Callam’s interesting and provocative book offers a brief but wide-ranging array of film reviews, focusing on the films’ theological meaning. He writes engagingly and evidences a broad and impressive knowledge of both literature and film. The book is a pleasure to read, thought-provoking and enjoyable, and definitely worthwhile reading for anyone interested in the very important connection between faith and film. ~ Nancy Enright, Director of the Core at Seton Hall University, author of Catholic Literature and Film: Incarnational Love and Suffering.
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