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Visions, Images, and Dreams: Yiddish Film, Past and Present

Eric Arthur Goldman

Teaneck, New Jers.: Holmes & Meier, revised and expanded ed. (2011), xvi, 272 pp.

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Encyclopedia of Religion and Film

Eric Michael Mazur (ed.)

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

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Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia

Diana Dimitrova (ed.)

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)

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The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film

John Lyden (ed.)

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

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The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film

William L. Blizek (ed.)

London: Continuum (2009), x, 426 pp.

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Teaching Religion and Film

Gregory J. Watkins (ed.)

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

Wunder der Leinwand: Filme mit biblischer Botschaft

Stephan Sigg

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

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Theology and Film: Challenging the Sacred/Secular Divide

Christopher Deacy, Gaye Williams Ortiz

Malden: Blackwell (2008), xiv, 245 pp.

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

Johannes Merz

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

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Cinema of the Occult: New Age, Satanism, Wicca, and Spiritualism in Film

Carrol L. Fry

Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press (2008), 301 pp.

The Bible and the Technologies of the Word

Joseph Palakeel (ed.)

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

Through a Catholic Lens: Religious Perspectives of Nineteen Film Directors from Around the World

Peter Malone (ed.)

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2007), 272 pp.

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Theology Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Critical Christian Thinking

Clive Marsh

London: Routledge (2007), x, 192 pp.

"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

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Religion and Film: An Introduction

Melanie Jane Wright

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

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Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere

Birgit Meyer, Annelies Moors (eds.)

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

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Reel Spirituality: Theology and Film in Dialogue

Robert K. Johnston

Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2nd ed. (2006), 351 pp.

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Visions of Paradise: Images of Eden in the Cinema

Wheeler Winston Dixon

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (2006), ix, 220 pp.

Cinéma Divinité: Religion, Theology and the Bible in Film

Eric S. Christianson, Peter Francis, William Telford (eds.)

London: SCM (2005), xvii, 373 pp.

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Kirche und Film im Dialog: Fünfzig Jahre INTERFILM 1955-2005 = Church and Film in Dialogue: Fifty Years INTERFILM 1955-2005

Julia Helmke, Hans Hodel, Karsten Visarius (eds.)

Frankfurt am Main: Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP) (2005), 165 pp.

"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