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Informationen zum Autor Steve Nolan is Chaplain at Princess Alice Hospice, Esher, and Tutor in the Faculty of Religion and Theological Studies, Cardiff University, UK. Proposes an interpretive strategy by which religious film-analysts can develop the kind of analysis that engages with and critiques both cultural and religious practice. Zusammenfassung Proposes an interpretive strategy by which religious film-analysts can develop the kind of analysis that engages with and critiques both cultural and religious practice. This book explores the film theory other writers ignore, particularly that mix of psychoanalysis, Marxism and semiotics - often termed Screen theory. Introduction; An Overview; Part 1 Current approaches to religious film analysis; 1 Phenomenological interpretations: film as sacrament; 2 Literary interpretations: film as visual story; 3 Anthropological interpretations: film as religion; Part 2 Representation in liturgy and film; 4 Liturgical representation: 'others', narratives and ideological 'realities'; 5 Cinematic representation: 'others', narratives and ideological 'realities'; Part 3 What can film theory offer liturgy?; 6 Cinematic identification: suture and narrative space; 7 Suturing suture: joining the theory together; 8 Suturing religious identity in the sacramental narrative.
