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The Representation of African Traditional Religion and Culture in Nigeria Popular Films
Politics and Religion, volume 5, issue 1 (2011), pp. 81-101
"One of the ways by which religious rituals communicate in African society is by maintaining cohesion in the culture. They connect participants to richer meanings and larger forces of their community. Even in representational models, rituals create solidarity in the form of subjective experiences of
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Encyclopedia of Religion and Film
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO (2011), xix, 644 pp.
"Organized alphabetically, this encyclopedia provides more than 90 entries on the larger religious traditions, the major film-producing regions of the globe, the films that have stirred controversy, the most significant religious symbols, and the more important filmmakers. The included topics provid
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Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2011), xv, 259 pp.
Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2010), xiv, 226 pp.
"This innovative, interdisciplinary collection of essays by scholars based in Europe and the United States offers stimulating approaches to the role played by religion in present-day South Asia." (Publisher description)
The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film
London: Continuum (2009), x, 426 pp.
The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film
London; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2009), xiv, 503 pp.
Teaching Religion and Film
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2008), xiv, 309 pp.
"Part I presents general categories for thinking about the intersection between religion and film, as well as an argument for an emerging line of theoretical inquiry. The chapters in Part II examine the use of film in teaching religious traditions, whether movies are seen from the critical perspecti
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Wunder der Leinwand: Filme mit biblischer Botschaft
Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk (2008), 120 pp.
"Ob "Herr der Ringe", "Das Leben der Anderen" oder "Bruce Allmächtig" - in vielen populären Kino-Filmen werden Gott, die Bibel und aktuelle ethische Fragen thematisiert. Doch wie findet man den passenden Film zum jeweiligen religiös-ethischen Thema? Der Autor liefert auf kompakte Art und Weise ei
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Cinema of the Occult: New Age, Satanism, Wicca, and Spiritualism in Film
Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press (2008), 301 pp.
Theology and Film: Challenging the Sacred/Secular Divide
Malden: Blackwell (2008), xiv, 245 pp.
Handbuch Theologie und populärer Film. Band 1
Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2007), 376 pp.
"Indem Spielfilme existenzielle Probleme aufwerfen, Schuld und Sühne, die Schrecken des irdischen Lebens und die Sehnsucht nach Erlösung thematisieren, rücken unweigerlich anthropologische und religiöse Fragen in den Mittelpunkt populärer Medienkultur, die jeden angehen. Die Autoren des vorlieg
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Theology Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Critical Christian Thinking
London: Routledge (2007), x, 192 pp.
"Drawing a comparison between religion and cinema-going, this text examines a range of contemporary films in relation to key theological concepts. Cinema as a religion-like activity is explored through cognitive, affective, aesthetic and ethical levels, identifying the religious aspects in the socia
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The Bible and the Technologies of the Word
Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation (2007), viii, 310 pp.
Religion and Film: An Introduction
London; New York: Tauris (2007), vi, 244 pp.
"From silent films to contemporary blockbusters, religion has always proved a popular theme for the cinema. However, all too often religion and film are discussed from narrowly confessional perspectives, with the result that the field has long been dominated by the question of a film's fidelity to a
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Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2006), 325 pp.
"Increasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over the world make use of a great variety of modern mass media, both print and electronic. Through religious booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows, soap operas, and documentary film
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Visions of Paradise: Images of Eden in the Cinema
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (2006), ix, 220 pp.
Reel Spirituality: Theology and Film in Dialogue
Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2nd ed. (2006), 351 pp.
Cinéma Divinité: Religion, Theology and the Bible in Film
London: SCM (2005), xvii, 373 pp.
