Download or read book Shining Glory written by Peter J. Leithart and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrence Malick's stunning film The Tree of Life is a modern Job story, an exploration of suffering and glory, an honest look at strife within a Texas family in the 1950s. In Shining Glory, Peter J. Leithart examines the biblical and theological motifs of the film and illuminates how Malick exploited the visual poetry of film to produce one of the most spiritually challenging and theologically sophisticated films ever made.