God on the Big Screen, A History of Hollywood Prayer from the Silent Era to Today, NYU Press, Terry Lindvall,Film & Video/General,PERFORMING ARTS, church history; Christianity; how to pray; American silent film; piety in films; popular culture; religion and film; religious photoplays; Victorian films; D. W. Griffith; Mary Pickford; Cecil B. DeMille; silent films; civil religion; Wall Street crash; Great Depression; Aimee Semple McPherson; race cinema; World War II; religious films; dying prayers; intercessory prayer; American cinema; film noir; horror films; Cold War; science fiction films; apocalypse; Roman Catholic Church; Vatican II; baby boom; civil rights movement; American dream; Vietnam War; Death of God movement; blasphemy; ironic prayer; vindictive prayer; televangelists; religious pretenders; comic prayer; Ronald Reagan; liberation theology; race; sports; fairy tale; fantasy genre; traditional prayer; postmodernism; exemplary prayer; revelatory prayer,, , United States, en-USchurch history; Christianity; how to pray; American silent film; piety in films; popular culture; religion and film; religious photoplays; Victorian films; D. W. Griffith; Mary Pickford; Cecil B. DeMille; silent films; civil religion; Wall Street crash; Great Depression; Aimee Semple McPherson; race cinema; World War II; religious films; dying prayers; intercessory prayer; American cinema; film noir; horror films; Cold War; science fiction films; apocalypse; Roman Catholic Church; Vatican II; baby boom; civil rights movement; American dream; Vietnam War; Death of God movement; blasphemy; ironic prayer; vindictive prayer; televangelists; religious pretenders; comic prayer; Ronald Reagan; liberation theology; race; sports; fairy tale; fantasy genre; traditional prayer; postmodernism; exemplary prayer; revelatory prayer, [BLURB],[CITY],,books, ebooks, biblet, Book2look