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The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film brings together a lively, experienced and diverse team of contributors to introduce students to the key topics in religion and film and to investigate the ways in which the exciting subject of religion and film is developing for more experienced scholars. This second edition includes seventeen new contributors and ten totally new topics including those that deal with the ways in which film relates to Native American Religions, African Religions, Chinese Religions, Atheism, Gender, and Race. The Companion:
- Considers film production and technique, marketing, distribution, and audience reception as stages that affect how we understand the interaction of religion and film
- Examines films from around the world and the ways in which they reflect diverse cultures and religions
- Utilizes multiple methodologies to explore religion and film
- Includes study of how online streaming has changed both the content and the distribution of films
- Analyzes religious themes in films such as Sacrifice, Redemption, Apocalypse, and Christ Figures
- Includes consideration of films as varied as The Passion of the Christ, Midsommar, and Malcolm X.
This thoroughly updated second edition provides a cutting-edge and accessible resource to this emerging field.
The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film continues to be an indispensable guide to religion and film for students of Religion, Film Studies, and beyond.
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PART I: PROLEGOMENA 1. Introduction to the Second Edition: Approaching the Subject 2. Historical Interactions between Religion and Film: Focus on Western Christianity
PART II: THE CIRCUIT OF CULTURE 3. Film Technique and Religion 4. Iconography 5. Visions of Color: Race, Religion, and Cinema 6. Religion and Gender: A Genre Analysis 7. Transmedia, Film, and Religion 8. Distribution and Reception
PART III: RELIGIONS DEPICTED ON FILM 9. Judaism 10. Christianity 11. Muslim Cinema 12. Hinduism 13. Buddhism 14. Chinese Religions 15. Japanese Religions 16. Native American Religions 17. African Religions 18. Paganism Projected: Contemporary Paganism and Film 19. Atheism in Film
PART IV: RELIGIOUS THEMES IN FILM 20. Redemption and Salvation 21. Jesus and Christ-Figures 22. Apocalyptic and End Times 23. Sacrifice 24. Religion and Horror Onscreen
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John C. Lyden is Professor and Chair of the Religious Studies Department at the University of Nebraska Omaha, USA.
