"This is a historical and cultural survey of Indian cinema written by a social scientist and a film historian. The reader is provided with the social, political, religious and cultural context of India over nine decades [...] it is low on theory and high on description." (European Journal of Communi
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cation 14(2) June 1999 on the 1st ed.)
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"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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erfolgreichsten Filme als Substitut, indem sie unauffällig und sehr geschickt Funktionen traditioneller Religionen übernehmen. Sie etablieren ein eigenes Glaubenssystem und weisen in der Inszenierung religiöser Symbolwelten eine Kompetenz auf, die an den angestammten Orten der Religions-Inszenierung oft fehlt." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"The Hidden God, which accompanies a film series of the same name organized by The Museum of Modern Art and screening in October and November of 2003, explores the ways in which a sense of God may appear in films, whether or not it is understood as such or is visible to the eye. This book contains o
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ver 50 essays by a wide range of writers, who find God encoded not only in explicitly religious subjects but in westerns, horror movies, comedies and many other genres, and in films from all over the world. In the times, places and societies these filmmakers explore, God may be lost, found, absent entirely or seen by only a few, whether saint or sinner." (Publisher description)
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"This is the first book to bring together many aspects of the interplay between religion, media and culture from around the world in a single comprehensive study. Leading international scholars provide the most up-to-date findings in their fields, and in a readable and accessible way. Some of the to
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pics covered include religion in the media age, popular broadcasting, communication theology, popular piety, film and religion, myth and ritual in cyberspace, music and religion, communication ethics, and the nature of truth in media saturated cultures." (Publisher description)
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"Suddiviso in tre sezioni (testi dei Pontefici, atti della Curia romana, documenti della Chiesa italiana), il volume presenta lo sviluppo cronologico degli interventi della Chiesa sul cinema offrendo per ciascuno di essi una nota sintetica per una corretta comprensione. Sono raccolti non solo i docu
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menti dedicati esclusivamente al cinema ma anche brani significativi tratti da altri testi inerenti il mondo della comunicazione e della cultura in senso lato. Tramite gli indici il lettore ha inoltre la possibilità di avvicinarsi ai testi mediante una molteplicità di accessi: cronologico, per pontificato, tematico." (Descrizione della casa editrice)
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"Brings together theologians, biblical scholars, film and media specialists, and experts in language and literature to look at how theology can work with film in a creative way. The book shows that theological debate is not the preserve of an elite but happens outside the Church as well as within it
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, between Christians and non-Christians, and in everyday conversations." (Catalogue Blackwell 1999)
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The book is divided into two parts - the films which depict Jesus and those films in which Jesus becomes a metaphoric Christ-figure [...] It is a good reading, extremely well researched, and for the most part clear about its own limitations.
"Das Buch ist das Ergebnis eines Forschungsprojektes von Theologen verschiedener Disziplinen. Anhand von Wim Wenders Filmen werden grundlegende Überlegungen zum Verhältnis von Spiritualität und Film dargestellt." (commbox)