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Informationen zum Autor Melanie J Wright is Academic Director of the Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations! Cambridge! and the author of Moses in America: The Cultural Uses of Biblical Narrative (2002). Klappentext Focusing on religiously diverse films like "The Ten Commandments"! "Lagaan"! and Mel Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ"! this book looks at varied screen representations of religion. It also looks at films shaped by strong convictions about the place of religion in society! and at the roles that audiences play as consumers of film. Focusing on religiously diverse films like "The Ten Commandments", "Lagaan", and Mel Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ", this book looks at varied screen representations of religion. It also looks at films shaped by strong convictions about the place of religion in society, and at the roles that audiences play as consumers of film. Zusammenfassung Focusing on religiously diverse films like "The Ten Commandments", "Lagaan", and Mel Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ", this book looks at varied screen representations of religion. It also looks at films shaped by strong convictions about the place of religion in society, and at the roles that audiences play as consumers of film.
