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Early Christian Apocrypha in Popular Culture  

Tony Burke

Print publication date:
Aug 2015
Online publication date:
Feb 2016
Subject:
Religion, Christianity, Literary and Textual Studies, Film, Culture
Stories and images from the Christian Apocrypha have appeared in popular, or ‘non-ecclesiastical’, settings since the Middle Ages when the various collections of lives of saints, books of ... More

Film  

Nina Power

Print publication date:
Nov 2013
Online publication date:
Dec 2013
Subject:
Religion, Atheism, Film, Culture
This article discusses the relationship between cinema and atheism, and draws out some of the analogies used to describe the role of cinema in modernity (particularly similarities between ... More

The Film Viewer and Natural Theology: God's ‘Presence’ at the Movies  

Robert K. Johnston

Print publication date:
Jan 2013
Online publication date:
Jun 2013
Subject:
Religion, Theology and Philosophy of Religion, Film, Culture
This chapter examines the claim that God shows up at the movies. It addresses such questions as: what exactly does God's ‘presence’ at the movies mean? How is a ‘reel spirituality’ described, and how ... More

Jewish and Israeli Film Studies  

Moshe Zimerman

Print publication date:
Dec 2004
Online publication date:
Sep 2009
Subject:
Religion, Judaism, Film
Despite the problems inherent in defining the scope of creations associated with Israeli cinema, it is relatively easy to define the cinema's boundaries and to delineate the writers of ... More

Race, Religion, and Documentary Film  

Judith Weisenfeld

Print publication date:
May 2018
Online publication date:
Mar 2018
Subject:
Religion, Religion and Society, Film
This chapter uses Ingagi and The Silent Enemy, both independent films released in 1930, to examine the intersections of race and religion in the context of American documentary film ... More

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