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"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 ... more
"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' ... more
"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 ... more
"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 ... more
"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 ... more
"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 ... more
"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 ... more
"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 ... more
"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 ... more

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 ... more
"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 ... more
"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 ... more