| Description |
1 online resource (518 pages) |
| Contents |
Book cover; title; copyright; contents; illustrations; contributors; introduction; part i: history of the interaction between religion and film: focus on western christianity; 1 silent cinema and religion: an overview (18951930); 2 the era ofcensorship (19301967); 3 the roman catholic church and cinema (1967 to the present); 4 modern protestant approaches to film (1960 to the present); part ii: depications of and by religious practitioners in flims; 5 judaism; 6 christianity; 7 islam; 8 hinduism; 9 buddhism; 10 postcolonial religious syncretism: focus on the philippines, peru, and mexico |
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11 religion in japanese film: focus on anime12 new religious movements; part iii: academic approaches to the study of religion and film; 13 feminism; 14 audience reception; 15 cultural theory and cultural studies; 16 psychoanalysis; 17 theological approaches; part iv: categories applicable to religion and film studies; 18 narrative; 19 redemption; 20 apocalyptic; 21 heros and superheros; 22 horror and the demonic; 23 jesus and c |
| Summary |
The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film brings together a lively and experienced team of contributors to introduce students to the key topics in religion and film and to investigate the ways in which the exciting subject of religion and film is developing for more experienced scholars. Divided into four parts, the Companion :.:.; analyses the history of the interaction of religion and film, through periods of censorship as well as appreciation of the medium.; studies religion-in-film, examining how the world's major religions, as well as Postcolonial, Japanese and New Religions, are depic |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Religious aspects.
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Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Motion pictures -- Religious aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203874752 |
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0203874757 |
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