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Recent Releases - The Bible in the Contemporary Cinema (Hardcover, New)
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Recent Releases - The Bible in the Contemporary Cinema (Hardcover, New)
Series: The Bible in the Modern World, No. 15
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The relationship between theology and film has always been a
complicated one. When film was invented at the end of the
nineteenth century, it quickly gained its place in popular culture,
far from the orthodoxies of the scholarly world and of the Church.
For the better part of the twentieth century popular cinema was
considered off limits for serious studies of Bible and culture.
Recently, however, there has been a growing understanding of how
the Bible is being used in popular culture-not as a historical
document or as an authoritative canon, but as part of the cultural
intertext. Cinema is a vivid example of the role and impact of the
Bible in contemporary society. In this well-theorized collection of
essays the issue is treated from several angles. Using the
methodology of theology, the question of the alleged escapism of
popular cinema is explored. Using the methodology of media studies,
the impact of the media on religious communication is analysed.
And, using the methodology of religious studies, the influence of
the cinema in the creation of new religions, religious behaviour
and religious institutions is investigated. In addition, the book
offers fruitful analyses of the cinematic use of biblical themes
such as Eden, salvation, Mary Magdalene and Jesus-as well as of the
cinematic application of ethical themes such as truth-telling,
personal growth, suffering, the accomplishment of good and the
creating of meaning for human beings.
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