Routledge Studies in Religion and Film
Noah as Antihero: Darren Aronofsky�s Cinematic Deluge
1st Edition
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By Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch, Jon Morgan
December 10, 2019
This collection of essays by biblical scholars is the first book-length treatment of the 2014 film Noah, directed by Darren Aronofsky. The film has proved to be of great interest to scholars working on the interface between the Bible and popular culture, not only because it was heralded as the ...
The Silents of Jesus in the Cinema (1897-1927)
1st Edition
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By David Shepherd
December 10, 2019
While Jesus has attracted the sporadic interest of film-makers since the epics of the Sixties, it is often forgotten that between the advent of motion pictures in the 1890s and the close of the "silent" era at the end of the 1920s, some of the longest, most expensive and most watched films on both ...
Theology and the Films of Terrence Malick
1st Edition
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By Christopher B. Barnett, Clark J. Elliston
September 10, 2018
Terrence Malick is one of the most important and controversial filmmakers of the last few decades. Yet his renown does not stem from box office receipts, but rather from his inimitable cinematic vision that mixes luminous shots of nature, dreamlike voiceovers, and plots centered on enduring ...
The Holy Fool in European Cinema
1st Edition
By Alina G. Birzache
August 10, 2018
This monograph explores the way that the profile and the critical functions of the holy fool have developed in European cinema, allowing this traditional figure to capture the imagination of new generations in an age of religious pluralism and secularization. Alina Birzache traces the cultural ...
Transnational Cinema and Ideology: Representing Religion, Identity and Cultural Myths
1st Edition
By Milja Radovic
February 12, 2018
Increasingly, as the production, distribution and audience of films cross national boundaries, film scholars have begun to think in terms of ‘transnational’ rather than national cinema. This book is positioned within the emerging field of transnational cinema, and offers a groundbreaking study of ...
American Theology, Superhero Comics, and Cinema: The Marvel of Stan Lee and the Revolution of a Genre
1st Edition
By Anthony Mills
February 05, 2018
Stan Lee, who was the head writer of Marvel Comics in the early 1960s, co-created such popular heroes as Spider-Man, Hulk, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, and Daredevil. This book traces the ways in which American theologians and comic books of the era were not only both saying ...
Religion in Contemporary European Cinema: The Postsecular Constellation
1st Edition
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By Costica Bradatan, Camil Ungureanu
May 01, 2017
The religious landscape in Europe is changing dramatically. While the authority of institutional religion has weakened, a growing number of people now desire individualized religious and spiritual experiences, finding the self-complacency of secularism unfulfilling. The "crisis of religion" is ...
Divine Film Comedies: Biblical Narratives, Film Sub-Genres, and the Comic Spirit
1st Edition
By Terry Lindvall, J. Dennis Bounds, Chris Lindvall
March 03, 2016
Divine Film Comedies creates a meaningful dialogue between stories in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament and comedies spanning the history of film. The text lies at the intersection of three disciplines: humor/comedy studies, film studies, and theology. Drawing on films from the silent era to the ...
World Cinema, Theology, and the Human: Humanity in Deep Focus
1st Edition
By Antonio Sison
June 25, 2015
Forging an open-minded but reasoned dialogue between nine acclaimed titles of world cinema, and a range of theological perspectives that touch on the theme of human experience, World Cinema, Theology, and the Human offers fresh portals of insight for the interdisciplinary area of Theology and Film....