by Margaret Ruth Miles (Author)

Enriched by a cultural studies approach, a deep understanding of religion and history, and a love for the movies, Seeing and Believing explores what popular films of the 1980s and 1990s say about religion and the values by which we live.

Author Biography

Margaret R. Miles is dean of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Her many books include Carnal Knowing: Female Nakedness and Religious Meaning in the Christian West; Desire and Delight: A New Reading of Augustine's Confessions; and Reading for Life: Beauty, Pluralism, and Responsibility.