Bryan Stone has served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs since January, 2011 and as the E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism in the School of Theology since 1998. He has a background in new church development, urban pastoral ministry, and faith-based non-profit development. His most recent books are Evangelism After Pluralism, Finding Faith Today, and A Reader in Ecclesiology. His research, publishing, and teaching interests are in the areas of evangelism, congregational development, ecclesiology, theology and popular culture (including especially film studies), Christian pacifism, and Wesleyan, liberation, narrativist, and post-liberal theologies.
Horror film functions both as a threat and a catharsis by confronting us with our fear of death, ... more Horror film functions both as a threat and a catharsis by confronting us with our fear of death, the supernatural, the unknown and irrational, ''the other" in general, a loss of identity, and forces beyond our control. Over the last century, religious symbols and themes have played a ...
Journal of Religion and Film Religious Faith and Science in Contact by Bryan P. Stone. Vol. 2, No... more Journal of Religion and Film Religious Faith and Science in Contact by Bryan P. Stone. Vol. 2, No. 2 October 1998. Religious Faith and Science in Contact. by Bryan P. Stone. Abstract. The popular film, Contact, explores head-on ...
Contemporary viewers of popular film are likely to have their values, perceptions, and behavior w... more Contemporary viewers of popular film are likely to have their values, perceptions, and behavior with regard to violence shaped by the cumulative effect of film conventions and recurrent images. An analysis of the top grossing films during the 1990's reveals that when religion is portrayed in connection with violence, it is rarely taken seriously as a motivating force for rejecting violence. On the contrary, while religion can play a chaplaincy or sanctuary role on screen for victims of violence, it typically serves either as a force for justifying and legitimating violence or as a device for enhancing the entertainment value of violence. In either case, we as filmgoers are steadily habituated to violence as both "natural" and "right." This article is available in Journal of Religion & Film: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol3/iss1/5 In her recent book, Seeing and Believing, Margaret Miles makes the case that a filmgoer's values and perceptions are...
It offers a solid introduction to the theology of ministry through an approach rooted in the comp... more It offers a solid introduction to the theology of ministry through an approach rooted in the compassion of God, which Stone shows is evident throughout the scriptures and made real in the incaration and ministry of Jesus.
This collection of essays is a richly textured inquiry into the hope of liberation for the disenf... more This collection of essays is a richly textured inquiry into the hope of liberation for the disenfranchised and marginalized, for those abandoned and exploited by our present “neoliberal” global economic system. Neoliberalism, argues Miguel De La Torre, the editor ...
... Linda C. Ehrlich explores the myth of Orpheus in a variety of cinematic adaptations in a ... ... more ... Linda C. Ehrlich explores the myth of Orpheus in a variety of cinematic adaptations in a ... that take place from older East Asian storytelling forms into modern cinema, and the ... Lloyd Ridgeon's essay on Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf argues for an implicit, hidden apocalyptic ...
Page 1. EFFECTIVE FAITH A Critical Study of the Christology of Juan Luis Segundo Bryan P. Stone U... more Page 1. EFFECTIVE FAITH A Critical Study of the Christology of Juan Luis Segundo Bryan P. Stone UNIVERSITY PRESS OF AMERICA Page 2. Page 3. EFFECTIVE FAITH A Critical Study of the Christology of Juan Luis Segundo ...
Page 1. Evangelism Christendom The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness Page 2. Evangelism ... more Page 1. Evangelism Christendom The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness Page 2. Evangelism after Christendom Page 3. Evangelism after Christendom The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness Bryan P. Stone Page 4. ...
Horror film functions both as a threat and a catharsis by confronting us with our fear of death, ... more Horror film functions both as a threat and a catharsis by confronting us with our fear of death, the supernatural, the unknown and irrational, ''the other" in general, a loss of identity, and forces beyond our control. Over the last century, religious symbols and themes have played a ...
Journal of Religion and Film Religious Faith and Science in Contact by Bryan P. Stone. Vol. 2, No... more Journal of Religion and Film Religious Faith and Science in Contact by Bryan P. Stone. Vol. 2, No. 2 October 1998. Religious Faith and Science in Contact. by Bryan P. Stone. Abstract. The popular film, Contact, explores head-on ...
Contemporary viewers of popular film are likely to have their values, perceptions, and behavior w... more Contemporary viewers of popular film are likely to have their values, perceptions, and behavior with regard to violence shaped by the cumulative effect of film conventions and recurrent images. An analysis of the top grossing films during the 1990's reveals that when religion is portrayed in connection with violence, it is rarely taken seriously as a motivating force for rejecting violence. On the contrary, while religion can play a chaplaincy or sanctuary role on screen for victims of violence, it typically serves either as a force for justifying and legitimating violence or as a device for enhancing the entertainment value of violence. In either case, we as filmgoers are steadily habituated to violence as both "natural" and "right." This article is available in Journal of Religion & Film: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol3/iss1/5 In her recent book, Seeing and Believing, Margaret Miles makes the case that a filmgoer's values and perceptions are...
It offers a solid introduction to the theology of ministry through an approach rooted in the comp... more It offers a solid introduction to the theology of ministry through an approach rooted in the compassion of God, which Stone shows is evident throughout the scriptures and made real in the incaration and ministry of Jesus.
This collection of essays is a richly textured inquiry into the hope of liberation for the disenf... more This collection of essays is a richly textured inquiry into the hope of liberation for the disenfranchised and marginalized, for those abandoned and exploited by our present “neoliberal” global economic system. Neoliberalism, argues Miguel De La Torre, the editor ...
... Linda C. Ehrlich explores the myth of Orpheus in a variety of cinematic adaptations in a ... ... more ... Linda C. Ehrlich explores the myth of Orpheus in a variety of cinematic adaptations in a ... that take place from older East Asian storytelling forms into modern cinema, and the ... Lloyd Ridgeon's essay on Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf argues for an implicit, hidden apocalyptic ...
Page 1. EFFECTIVE FAITH A Critical Study of the Christology of Juan Luis Segundo Bryan P. Stone U... more Page 1. EFFECTIVE FAITH A Critical Study of the Christology of Juan Luis Segundo Bryan P. Stone UNIVERSITY PRESS OF AMERICA Page 2. Page 3. EFFECTIVE FAITH A Critical Study of the Christology of Juan Luis Segundo ...
Page 1. Evangelism Christendom The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness Page 2. Evangelism ... more Page 1. Evangelism Christendom The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness Page 2. Evangelism after Christendom Page 3. Evangelism after Christendom The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness Bryan P. Stone Page 4. ...
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