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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 ... more

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 Routledge Companion to Religion and Film

London; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2009), xiv, 503 pp.

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 ... more

Mediating Transcendence: Popular Film, Visuality, and Religious Experience in West Africa

Conference on New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa, July 10-12, 2008, Abuja, Nigeria, conference paper (2008), 23 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 ... more

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 ... more
"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 ... more

The Bible and the Technologies of the Word

Bangalore: Asian Trading Corporation (2007), viii, 310 pp.

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.

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 ... 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