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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press; 1St Edition edition (July 14, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0664225918
  • ISBN-13: 978-0664225919
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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2.0 out of 5 starsMisleading Title and...Well, Not a Good Book
By Danielle N. Karthauser on November 14, 2014
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When I was 15, I attended church camp for a second time. As much as I want to go into great detail about my experiences there, I will spare you the reader and get to the point that relates to this book review. My friends and I were at evening chapel, soaking in what the Pastor was saying. Suddenly, he stepped aside and the lights dimmed. The screen lit up in a blue glow and once our eyes adjusted it became apparent we were watching a clip from a Disney movie...and not just any Disney movie but The Lion King, one of my all time favorites! What does The Lion King have to do with church? I asked myself. Let me paint the scene for you. Simba has just reunited with his childhood friend who believed him to be dead and confronts him with his past that he thought he left behind him. Angry, confused, and lost Simba walks to the water and stares at his reflection in the water. Suddenly, the peace is disturbed by the wise old Rafiki who tells Simba he knows he is Mufasa's boy. When Simba tells him his father is dead, Rafiki disputes him and tells him his father is alive and he can see him if Simba follows Rafiki. Simba follows and they arrive at another body of water. Rafiki tells Simba to look and when Simba looks at the water, he only sees his reflection. Rafiki urges him to look harder and suddenly Simba is starring at the image of his father. Then Rafiki says the iconic words, "You see, he lives in you." There is a loud rumbling and in the sky stands Mufasa, urging Simba to stop running from his past and to take his place on Pride Rock as King. When Mufasa's ghost fades, Rafiki furthers his message by saying, "Oh yes the past can hurt, but the way I see it you can either run from it or learn from it.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsDiscussing ideological themes in thirty-one Disney films
By Midwest Book Review on January 11, 2005
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Religion journalist Mark Pinsky presents The Gospel According to Disney: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust, a sober exploration of the role that the animated features of the Walt Disney Country have carried out in the spiritual, emotional, and ethical development of generations of young adults. Discussing ideological themes in thirty-one of the most popular Disney films including "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Beauty and the Beast", and "The Lion King", The Gospel According to Disney also reaches beyond the impact of the morality plays on the big screen to such issues as the postive and negative contributions that theme parks have on American culture, why the Southern Baptist Convention chose to boycott Disney in the 1990's and the repercussions of that movement, and much more. An astutely researched and written exploration of the interesection between spirituality and one company's domain of popular entertainment.
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3.0 out of 5 starsSometimes a cigar is just a cigar...
By Thomas Duff HALL OF FAMEVINE VOICE on November 6, 2004
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As I've mentioned before, I'm a Disney addict. So it was understandable when I picked up The Gospel According To Disney - Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust by Mark I. Pinsky. As usual in these types of books, I was somewhat disappointed...

Pinsky is the religion reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, and he's also written The Gospel According To The Simpsons (which I haven't read). In the Disney book, he first looks at the Disney organization and attempts to determine what the company religious views are. That can mean anything from the company's view of life to how they tolerate organized religion. This information then provides the backdrop for the majority of the book, which is a review of the company's animated films and what religious concepts are woven into them. The last couple of chapters examines the Disney theme parks and the Baptist boycott in the light of religious themes.

Now I have a bias here myself. I don't go to Disney films to gain religious instruction or insight. I go to be entertained. And while there are lessons to be learned in films, it's also easy to superimpose a personal view or bias and then interpret everything in that light. Unfortunately, I feel that's what is happening in this book. Since Pinsky is looking to find religious thought in each film, everything that appears is colored by that expectation. It's very possible that what he sees is really there and was really intended. But all too often I felt as if the explanation was possible only because you were looking for it.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn informative read for Disney lovers and haters alike
By FaithfulReader.com on September 3, 2004
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Mark I. Pinsky, the religion reporter for The Orlando Sentinel, is one of the foremost U.S. journalists covering religion today --- and I write that from personal experience, on two levels. First, as a former religion reporter for The Asbury Park Press, I know how challenging the job can be and how much open-mindedness and fair-mindedness it takes to do justice to various expressions of faith, given the highly personal and emotionally charged nature of the field of religion. Second, I live in the Orlando area and regularly read Pinsky's work. I know of no other religion reporter working today who puts so much effort into understanding the nuances of each stream of faith and every little rivulet that's part of each of those streams.

Pinsky's journalistic skills are enhanced by his analytical skills, and both are evident throughout THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DISNEY. Pinsky understands the Disney "theology" as well as he understands the concerns of religious people who have taken that theology to task over the years. Contemporary readers may be most familiar with the failed Baptist boycott of a few years ago, but as the author points out, both Jews and Muslims have also attacked the entertainment giant. Back in 1933, the American Jewish Congress --- Pinsky is Jewish, by the way --- charged Disney with perpetuating a Jewish stereotype in the animated short The Three Little Pigs, in which the big bad wolf disguises himself as a Jewish peddler with a large hooked nose and a Yiddish accent. Similarly, Arab and Muslim groups expressed outrage over the Middle Eastern stereotypes portrayed in the 1992 feature Aladdin, which I suspect you would have to be blind not to see.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsThe Gospel According to Disney: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust

The Gospel According to Disney : Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust is not helpful
unless you can get copies of the films and watch them along with reading the book. Read more

Published on January 2, 2013 by Truman Ellis
2.0 out of 5 starsI'm not saying don't read it - I'm saying Please Be Warned.

There are reasons why no churches, temples, or mosques sit on Disneyland's Main Street USA. "It's A Small World," after all with Disney, right? Read more

Published on November 15, 2010 by C Forrester
1.0 out of 5 starsDisney fans, non-Christians, and liberals are STRONGLY discouraged...

First, let me as that as a proud pagan and a devoted Disney fan all my life, I was deeply disappointed and profoundly shocked after I read this book(actually I only read it part... Read more

Published on June 12, 2010 by M. Disney
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This is a great idea for a book that is written by the wrong person. A self-admitted Leftist Jewish newspaper writer with no academic credentials attempts to analyze the moral... Read more

Published on December 28, 2009 by Mediaman

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