The Gospel According to Disney: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust
Author:Mark Pinsky
Date published:2004
Publisher:Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 0664225918 (alk. paper)
Description
This book explores the role that Disney animated features have played in the moral and spiritual development of generations of children by exploring 31 of the most popular Disney films, as well as recent developments. The author explores the moral, religious and theological themes in the most popular Disney’s films, and discovers what he calls “Disney gospel”: faith that God will prevail, trust in yourself and your friends, and good will be rewarded and evil punished. As the author argues, Disney’s cultural influence is enormous: “millions of children around the world know much of what they do about the practical application of right and wrong from Disney”.