FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE PORTRAYING CHRISTIANS IN FILM -- CHAPTER TWO PIETY AND PASSION: THE SILENT ERA -- Christians in the Movies -- The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ -- From the Manger to the Cross -- Intolerance -- The Ten Commandments -- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ -- The King of Kings -- The Passion of Joan of Arc -- Hallelujah! -- Backstory -- Lew Wallace: Author of Ben-Hur -- CHAPTER THREE HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER: THE 1930s -- Christianity in Depression-Era Films -- The Miracle Woman -- The Sign of the Cross -- The Crusades -- Les Miserables -- Magnificent Obsession -- A Tale of Two Cities -- The Green Pastures -- San Francisco -- Lost Horizon -- Angels with Dirty Faces -- Boys Town -- Short Subjects -- The Bitter Tea of General Yen -- Manhattan Melodrama -- The Garden of Allah -- Green Light -- Backstories -- Lloyd C Douglas: Minister Turned Best-selling Author -- Are All Catholic Priests Irish? -- CHAPTER FOUR "THERE ARE NO ATHEISTS IN FOXHOLES": THE 1940s -- Christian Attitudes in Forties Films -- The Fighting 69th -- Knute Rockne, All-American -- One Foot in Heaven -- The Devil and Daniel Webster -- Sergeant York -- The Song of Bernadette -- The Fighting Sullivans -- The Keys of the Kingdom -- Going My Way -- The Bells of St Mary's -- God Is My Co-Pilot -- Black Narcissus -- It's a Wonderful Life -- The Bishop's Wife -- The Fugitive -- Monsieur Vincent -- Joan of Arc -- Come to the Stable -- Short Subjects -- Brother Orchid -- Joan of Paris -- Guadalcanal Diary -- Miracle on 34th Street -- 3 Godfathers -- The Miracle of the Bells -- Backstories -- Father Duffy: The Prototypic Wartime Chaplain -- Frank Capra and His Secular Saints -- John Ford: A Directorial Paradox -- CHAPTER FIVE THE AGE OF THE EPIC: THE 1950s -- Christians in the Movies: The Golden Age -- Stars in My Crown -- Quo Vadis -- The Robe.

The Silver Chalice -- On the Waterfront -- A Man Called Peter -- The Prisoner -- The Ten Commandments -- Heaven Knows, Mr Allison -- The Seventh Seal -- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness -- The Nun's Story -- Ben-Hur -- Short Subjects -- The Flowers of Saint Francis -- Diary of a Country Priest -- The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima or Miracle of Fatima -- High Noon -- When in Rome -- Angels in the Outfield -- I Confess -- Demetrius and the Gladiators [sequel to The Robe] -- There's No Business Like Show Business -- Father Brown (aka The Detective) -- The Left Hand of God -- The Night of the Hunter -- Friendly Persuasion -- Backstories -- Cecil B DeMille: The King of Religious Epics -- The Fatima Story -- CHAPTER SIX THE TIMES, THEY ARE A'CHANGIN': THE 1960s -- Christianity in Sixties Films -- Elmer Gantry -- Inherit the Wind -- Viridiana -- Francis of Assisi -- El Cid -- Barabbas -- Lilies of the Field -- The Cardinal -- Becket -- The Gospel According to Saint Matthew -- The Greatest Story Ever Told -- The Sound of Music -- The Sandpiper -- A Man for All Seasons -- The Shoes of the Fisherman -- Change of Habit -- Short Subjects -- The Devil's Eye -- King of Kings -- The Hoodlum Priest -- The Devil at 4 O'Clock -- Satan Never Sleeps -- The Agony and the Ecstasy -- The Singing Nun -- The Trouble with Angels -- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner -- Backstories -- The Real Scopes Trial vs Inherit the Wind -- Luis Buñuel: A Lifelong Vendetta for a Catholic Education -- Dolores Hart: From Actress to Prioress -- Capturing Atmosphere and Conveying Seriousness in Black-and-White -- CHAPTER SEVEN THE FLOWER CHILDREN'S HOUR: THE 1970s -- Christian Themes in the "Me" Decade Films -- M*A*S*H -- The Godfather -- The Godfather Part II -- The Exorcist -- Jesus Christ Superstar -- Godspell -- In This House of Brede -- Monty Python's Life of Brian -- Wise Blood.

Short Subjects -- Brother Sun, Sister Moon -- Franco Zefirelli's Jesus of Nazareth -- Saturday Night Fever -- Backstory -- Rumer Godden: From Black Narcissus to In This House of Brede -- CHAPTER EIGHT HEAVEN HELP US: THE 1980s -- Christian Themes in 1980s Films -- Chariots of Fire -- True Confessions -- The Scarlet and the Black -- Mass Appeal -- Agnes of God -- Heaven Help Us -- The Mission -- Babette's Feast -- Broken Vows -- The Last Temptation of Christ -- Jesus of Montreal -- Short Subjects -- Tender Mercies -- Places in the Heart -- Witness -- The Assisi Underground -- The Name of the Rose -- Au Revoir Les Enfants -- Romero -- Cinema Paradiso -- Backstories -- Pope Pius and the Jews -- The Catholic League -- The Worst of the 1980s -- CHAPTER NINE DOGMA: THE 1990s -- Christians in 1990s Films -- The Godfather Part III -- Black Robe -- Sister Act -- Rudy -- Shadowlands -- Schindler's List -- Boys of St Vincent -- Priest -- Dead Man Walking -- Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story -- Sleepers -- The Spitfire Grill -- The Apostle -- Elizabeth -- The Cider House Rules -- Stigmata -- The Third Miracle -- Dogma -- Short Subjects -- Misery -- Nuns on the Run -- The Pope Must Die -- The Rapture -- The Shawshank Redemption -- The Basketball Diaries -- The Preacher's Wife -- Primal Fear -- Extreme Measures -- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc -- Backstories -- Isaac Jogues -- The Black Robe -- C. S. Lewis: Chronicle of a Christian -- Righteous Gentiles: Christians Rescuing Jews during the Holocaust -- CHAPTER TEN AMAZING GRACE: 2000 TO THE PRESENT -- Christian Films of the New Millennium -- Keeping the Faith -- Chocolat -- Sister Mary Explains It All -- The Magdalene Sisters -- Amen -- Luther -- Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux -- The Passion of the Christ -- The Ninth Day -- Saved! -- Kingdom of Heaven -- The Da Vinci Code.

The Nativity Story -- Amazing Grace -- Bella -- Breach -- Elizabeth: The Golden Age -- Doubt -- Short Subjects -- Lost Souls -- Diary of a City Priest -- Evelyn -- The Road to Perdition -- We Were Soldiers -- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys -- The Order -- The Exorcism of Emily Rose -- Backstories -- Playing Jesus -- The Transformation of Nuns from Beautiful and Serene to Weird and Nasty -- Top Pro-Catholic and Anti-Catholic Films -- FILMOGRAPHY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.