Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema--Free Preview

Cambridge Scholar's Publishing has upload a free preview of the book that includes Mike Hertenstein's introduction and the first chapter (Bill Scalia's essay on Bergman).

Link is here.

1,169,466 with a bullet!

So someone somewhere bought a copy of my book. I know this because earlier in the week I logged on to the Amazon page and it said they had 2 in stock and today they said they had 1`in stock.

Cha-ching!

I also see that I am now ranked

"#1,169,466 in Books"

Gee, I do wish I could see what was 1,169, 465. (Turns out from a Google search, that it was at one time a kid's book called The Droll Troll: A View from Under the Bridge. No shame in losing to that. Could be the next Neil Jordan film.)

It's Here!

Well today I received my contributor copy of Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema.

This is a book I edited (and contributed a chapter for) about representations of faith and spirituality in films from directors such as Bergman, Bresson, Tarkovsky, Dreyer, and many others.

I am very grateful to the contributors who helped make this process more than I dared to hope for. I am especially thankful to Doug Cummings and Mike Hertenstein who went above and beyond the call of duty (and, perhaps, what they signed up for) by not only helping me select essays but providing the cover design (Doug) and writing the introduction (Mike). The latter really put the book over the top, in my opinion, helping to solidify a unified vision and make it a whole, not merely a collection of parts.

To order a copy of the book, try:





or

Cambridge Scholars Press

Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema

Good news:

Some reviews/blurbs are coming in from advance readers.

The book now has a page at Amazon.com.

Not a Push...

Yesterday I blogged about mixed feelings when a combination of good and frustrating things happened, calling it a "push."

Today, I received copies of the book contract from Cambridge Scholars Press for Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema.

That's definitely not a push; that's just a good day.

Faith and Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema

I'm happy to report that I've received an offer to place this anthology under contract with an academic publisher.

I will post more details as I get them and once the contract is signed.

Here is a link to the table of contents.