Film, Faith, and Cultural Conflict - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Film, Faith, and Cultural Conflict write by Robin Riley. This book was released on 2003-09-30. Film, Faith, and Cultural Conflict available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Scorsese's 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ arguably generated more resistance and conflict upon its release than any film before or since, engendering intense debate and even hatred between religious conservative protesters and liberal progressive defenders of the picture. This is the first full examination of the controversy, its participants, and their claims concerning the film's religious meaning. This debate reflects deep levels of social and cultural insecurity produced by the shifting role of religion and religious language in an increasingly secularized society, and demonstrates how a popular film about Jesus captured, inflamed, and strengthened existing animosities. Providing new insights into film's significance as an indicator of the changing relationship between secular and religious domains, the work offers a thorough and fascinating historical analysis of the various interpretations of Last Temptation and its reception.
Religion, Popular Film and Cultural Conflict
Religion, Popular Film and Cultural Conflict - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religion, Popular Film and Cultural Conflict write by Thomas R. Riley. This book was released on 1998. Religion, Popular Film and Cultural Conflict available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film
The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film write by John C. Lyden. This book was released on 2009-05-07. The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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: analyzes 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 depicted by and within films uses diverse methodologies to explore religion and film, such as psychoanalytical, theological and feminist approaches, and audience reception analyzes religious themes in film, including Redemption, the Demonic, Jesus or Christ Figures, Heroes and Superheroes considers films as diverse as The Passion of the Christ, The Matrix, Star Wars and Groundhog Day. This definitive book provides an accessible resource to this emerging field and is an indispensable guide to religion and film for students of Religion, Film Studies, and beyond.
Behind the Screen
Behind the Screen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Behind the Screen write by Spencer Lewerenz. This book was released on 2005-11-01. Behind the Screen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When it comes to Hollywood, Christians too quickly wash their hands of popular culture and leave this immensely influential media to unbelievers. In truth, the industry is listening. There is a church in Hollywood, but too often their work is unrecognized. Behind the Screen offers a glimpse of Hollywood insiders who, through their jobs on movie sets, behind TV shows, and in radio broadcasts, work together to give glory to God. With contributions from the writers and producers of such productions as Joan of Arcadia, Mission Impossible, Batman Forever, That '70s Show, and others, believers everywhere are encouraged to join with the church in Hollywood and do their part in closing the gap between Christianity and culture.
Film, Lacan and the Subject of Religion
Film, Lacan and the Subject of Religion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Film, Lacan and the Subject of Religion write by Steve Nolan. This book was released on 2009-09-23. Film, Lacan and the Subject of Religion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In their study of religion and film, religious film analysts have tended to privilege religion. Uniquely, this study treats the two disciplines as genuine equals, by regarding both liturgy and film as representational media. Steve Nolan argues that, in each case, subjects identify with a represented ‘other' which joins them into a narrative where they become participants in an ideological ‘reality'. Finding many current approaches to religious film analysis lacking, Film, Lacan and the Subject of Religion explores the film theory other writers ignore, particularly that mix of psychoanalysis, Marxism and semiotics - often termed Screen theory - that attempts to understand how cinematic representation shapes spectator identity. Using translations and commentary on Lacan not originally available to Screen theorists, Nolan returns to Lacan's contribution to psychoanalytic film theory and offers a sustained application to religious practice, examining several ‘priest films' and real-life case study to expose the way liturgical representation shapes religious identity. Film, Lacan and the Subject of Religion proposes an interpretive strategy by which religious film analysts can develop the kind of analysis that engages with and critiques both cultural and religious practice.
