Under modernity, time is regarded as linear and measurable by clocks and calendars. Despite the historicity of clock-time itself, the modern concept of time is considered universal and culturally neutral. What Walter Benjamin called "homogeneous, empty time" founds the modern notions of progress and a uniform global present in which the past and other forms of time consciousness are seen as superseded. In Translating Time, Bliss Cua Lim argues that fantastic cinema depicts the coexistence of other modes of being alongside and within the modern present, disclosing multiple "immiscible temporalities" that strain against the modern concept of homogeneous time. In this wide-ranging study-encompassing Asian American video (On Cannibalism), ghost films from the New Cinema movements of Hong Kong and the Philippines (Rouge, Itim, Haplos), Hollywood remakes of Asian horror films (Ju-on, The Grudge, A Tale of Two Sisters) and a Filipino horror film cycle on monstrous viscera ...
'Superbly written, utterly Bible based. . . Do not hesitate!'
Archbishop Justin Welby
What are we supposed to think about the coronavirus crisis?
Some people think they know: 'This is a sign of the End,' they say. 'It's all predicted in the book of Revelation.'
Others disagree but are equally clear: 'This is a call to repent. God is judging the world and through this disease he's telling us to change.'
Some join in the chorus of blame and condemnation: 'It's the fault of the Chinese, the government, the World Health Organization...'
Tom Wright examines these reactions to the virus and finds them wanting. Instead, he invites you to consider a different way of seeing and responding - a way that draws on the teachings and examples of scripture, and above all on the way of living, thinking and praying revealed to us by Jesus.
Product details
- Paperback | 112 pages
- 138 x 216 x 10mm | 144g
- 01 Jul 2020
- SPCK Publishing
- London, United Kingdom
- English
- 9780281085118
- 64,602
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