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Reel Spirituality: Theology and Film in Dialogue
Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2nd ed. (2006), 351 pp.
The Bible in Film - the Bible and Film
Leiden; Boston: Brill (2006), vii, 190 pp.
"There are films that retell biblical narratives and there are films that allude to the Bible or otherwise build on or appropriate biblical themes and images. The eleven lively and provocative articles in this volume explore both types of film, showcasing the cinema's impact on the perception of the
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Cine y espiritualidad: Metodología para la formación
Key Guides
Quito: Organización Católica Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Comunicación (OCLACC) (2006), 147 pp.
Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema
London: Routledge (2006), x, 198 pp.
"Filming the Gods examines the role and depiction of religion in Indian cinema, showing that the relationship between the modern and the traditional in contemporary India is not exotic, but part of everyday life. Concentrating mainly on the Hindi cinema of Mumbai, Bollywood, it also discusses India'
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Kirche, Film und Festivals: Geschichte sowie Bewertungskriterien evangelischer und ökumenischer Juryarbeit in den Jahren 1948 bis 1988
Erlangen: Christliche Publizistik Verlag (CPV) (2005), 479 pp.
"Diese Dissertation eröffnet den Leserinnen und Lesern den Zugang zum Film-Engagement der Kirchen in Deutschland und anderen europäischen Ländern. Die Arbeit evangelischer und ökumenischer Filmjurys wird eingeordnet in die Entwicklung des Films in der Nachkriegszeit und ebenso in das Verhältnis
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Cinéma Divinité: Religion, Theology and the Bible in Film
London: SCM (2005), xvii, 373 pp.
50 christliche Film-Klassiker
Holzgerlingen: Hänssler (2005), 115 pp.
Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television: 1895-2003
Deep Insights
Jefferson: McFarland (2005), 192 pp.
Kirche und Film im Dialog: Fünfzig Jahre INTERFILM 1955-2005 = Church and Film in Dialogue: Fifty Years INTERFILM 1955-2005
Frankfurt am Main: Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP) (2005), 165 pp.
"Founded on the 22nd of October, 1955, in Paris, by pioneers of Protestant film work, INTERFILM is an international network of Church film and media institutions as well as dedicated individuals with the goal of coordinating dialogues between Church and film. Directed by the terms and aims of the Wo
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Mediating Religion and Film in a Post-Secular World
Postscripts, volume 1, issue 2-3 (2005), pp. 149-374
"This special issue seeks to explore the common ground shared by practices of filmmaking and religious institutions located within postcolonial settings and increasingly linked in global infrastructures. The articles presented here converge in combining theoretical reflections about the interface of
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Muslim Martyrs and Pagan Vampires: Popular Video Films and the Propagation of Religion in Northern Nigeria
Postscripts, volume 1, issue 2-3 (2005), pp. 183-205
"In December 2000 the government of Kano State in Muslim northern Nigeria reintroduced shari’a and established a new board for film and video censorship charged with the responsibility to “sanitize” the video industry and enforce the compliance of video films with moral standards of Islam. Sta
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Wenn Gott ins Kino geht: 50 Filme, die man kennen muss
Wuppertal: Brockhaus (2004), 224 pp.
Popularkino als Ersatzkirche? Das Erfolgsprinzip aktueller Blockbuster
Münster: Lit (2004), 416 pp.
"Die Autorin untersucht aktuelle Blockbuster-Filme, um zu allgemeingültigen Erfolgskriterien für Popularfilme zu gelangen. Dabei wird aufgezeigt, daß Blockbuster unsere Sehnsüchte, Wünsche und Ängste unter Zuhilfenahme mythisch-symbolischer Gestaltungselemente beantworten. Zudem fungieren die
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"Praise the Lord": Popular Cinema and Pentecostalite Style in Ghana’s New Public Sphere
American Ethnologist, volume 31, issue 1 (2004), pp. 92-110
"In this article I examine the elective affinity between Pentecostalism and the vibrant video-film industry that has flourished in the wake of Ghana’s adoption of a democratic constitution. I argue that, as a result of the liberalization and commercialization of the media, a new public sphere has
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Jewish Film Festival Berlin: Filme, Bilder, Geschichten. Die ersten zehn Jahre
Berlin: be.bra Verlag (2004), 160 pp.
"Nicola Galliner, die Gründerin und Leiterin des Jewish Film Festival Berlin (JFFB), hat nun im Bebra Verlag den Jubiläumsband herausgegeben, um die Geschichte einer Dekade dieses in Deutschland einzigartigen Filmfestes zu gebührend zu würdigen. Verschiedenste Kulturschaffende und Wissenschaftle
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Jesus at the Movies: A Guide to the First Hundred Years
Santa Rosa, Calif.: Polebridge Press, revised and expanded ed. (2004), xiv, 293 pp.
"Since the earliest days of the movies more than a century ago, moviemakers have been intrigued by "the greatest story ever told." They have tried, with varying degrees of success, to capture the life of Jesus on film. In Jesus at the Movies Barnes Tatum has created a fascinating and exhaustively-re
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Die Passion Christi: Der Film von Mel Gibson und seine theologischen und kunstgeschichtlichen Kontexte
Münster: Aschendorff (2004), 224 pp.
"Die anhaltende Kontroverse um Mel Gibsons Jesusfilm bewegt sich vor allem um drei Problemfelder: die Gewaltdarstellung, die Zeichnung der jüdischen Gegner Jesu und die Theologie des Films, insbesondere das in ihm vertretene Konzept von Opfer und Sühne. Immer wieder begegnen Fragen wie: Liegt die
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Die Erotik des Bösen: Mami Water als "christlicher" Dämon in ghanaischen und nigerianischen Videos
In: Africa screams: Das Böse in Kino, Kunst und Kult
Wuppertal: Peter Hammer Verlag (2004), pp. 199-209
Impossible Representations: Pentecostalism, Vision and Video Technology in Ghana
Mainz: Universität Mainz, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien (2003), 22 pp.
"In this essay I have tried to show how, by taking as point of departure an understanding of religion as a practice of mediation, Pentecostalism has increasingly ‘taken place’, so to speak, in the public sphere as a result of Ghana’s turn to democracy and the liberalization and commercializati
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