The Gospel According to Disney
Christian Values in the Early Animated Classics
1999
First Published
3.42
Average Rating
264
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A Biblically-based, entertaining and inspirational book that explores Christian values in the early Disney animated features (all those produced during Walt Disney's lifetime, from SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS to THE JUNGLE BOOK) with additional chapters on Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. Each chapter concludes with a set of provocative questions appropriate for consideration or discussion by all ages. Foreword by legendary Disney animators, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Unique, engrossing and inspirational reading for adults, families, study groups.
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3.42
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Authors
Ollie Johnston
Author · 5 books
Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr. (October 31, 1912 – April 14, 2008) was an American motion picture animator. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last surviving at the time of his death from natural causes. He was recognized by The Walt Disney Company with its Disney Legend Award in 1989. His work was recognized with the National Medal of Arts in 2005. He was an animator at Walt Disney Studios from 1935 to 1978, and became a directing animator beginning with Pinocchio , released in 1940. He contributed to most Disney animated features, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , Fantasia and Bambi . His last full work for Disney came with The Rescuers , in which he was caricatured as one of the film's characters, the cat Rufus.
