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The Representation of Rural Christianity in the Films of Gan Xiao’er
Journal for Religion, Film and Media (JRFM), volume 9, issue 2 (2023), pp. 101-125
"The religious dimension of Chinese cinema is, it has been observed, a "triple lacuna" in contemporary scholarship: in research on religion in China, in research on Chinese cinema, and in interdisciplinary research on film and religion. From 2002 to 2012, independent filmmaker Gan Xiao'er directed t
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Sinnfragen des Lebens im Film: Ein Lexikon zu Religion im Film mit 1500 Kurzkritiken
Marburg: Schüren; Katholische Filmkommission für Deutschland (2018), 336 pp.
"Die besprochenen Filme setzen sich mit Sinnfragen in vielfältiger Weise auseinander: Sie behandeln zum einen konkret die Erfahrungen mit - nicht nur - christlicher Religion und Kirche: Wie wird z. B. filmisch das Verhältnis von Islam zur westlichen Moderne reflektiert? Wie setzen sich die christl
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The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and its Reception in Film
Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter (2016), xviii, 921 pp.
"This two-part volume contains a comprehensive collection of original studies by well-known scholars focusing on the Bible’s wide-ranging reception in world cinema. It is organized into sections examining the rich cinematic afterlives of selected characters from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament;
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Mary on the Screen
CREC (2014), 74 pp.
"The first part of the book is an overview of the history of films which offer substantial images of Mary. They include the films specifically about Mary and her presence in the life of Jesus films [...] In the second part of the book, which has been designed especially as an aid to teachers, eight
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Mit Gott im Kino: 25 Filmandachten
Witten: SCM R. Brockhaus (2014), 222 pp.
"Die Filmwissenschaftlerin Dagmar Petrick präsentiert Andachten zu 25 Kinofilmen wie etwa "Billy Elliot", "Die Truman-Show", "Das Leben der Anderen", "Horton hört ein Hu", "Fahrraddiebe", "Die Verurteilten" oder "Erin Brockovich". Das hervorragende Material eignet sich für die persönliche Andach
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Mit Bildern bewegen: Filmgottesdienste
Hannover: Lutherisches Verlagshaus (LVH) (2014), 424 pp.
"Filme sprechen fast alle unsere Sinne an. Das Zusammenspiel von Licht, Farben und Musik erreicht die Menschen unmittelbar, berührt und bewegt die Zuschauenden. Ganz wie ein gelungener Gottesdienst. Das Massenmedium Film eignet sich auf ganz besondere Weise, Menschen mit den zentralen Themen des Le
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Emerging Christian Media in Egypt: Clerical Authority and the Visualization of Women in Coptic Video Films
International Journal of Middle East Studies, volume 45, issue 3 (2013), pp. 513-533
"This article examines the depiction of women and gender within Coptic Orthodox video films or “hagiopics” produced between 1987 and 2010. As part of a recent religious renewal, hagiopics have expanded, altered, and reinvented traditional stories of saints and pious figures and have also generat
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Pentecostalism and Modern Audiovisual Media
In: Media and Identity in Africa
Kimani Njogu, John Middleton (eds.)
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2010), pp. 114-123
The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film
London: Continuum (2009), x, 426 pp.
Understanding Evangelical Media: The Changing Face of Christian Communication
Downers Grove, Illin.: IVP Academic (2008), 347 pp.
Videofilm in Ghana: Ein neues Unterhaltungsmedium im Zentrum der öffentlichen Sphäre
Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien (2007), 101 pp.
"Da der Staat sein früheres Medienmonopol weitestgehend verloren hat, ist eine liberalisierte und demokratisierte öffentliche Sphäre entstanden, die divergierende und miteinander konkurrierende Sichtweisen ermöglicht. Neue hegemoniale Bestrebungen gehen nun jedoch vor allem vom Pfingstchristentu
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Theology Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Critical Christian Thinking
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
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Kirche und Film im Dialog: Fünfzig Jahre INTERFILM 1955-2005 = Church and Film in Dialogue: Fifty Years INTERFILM 1955-2005
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
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50 christliche Film-Klassiker
Holzgerlingen: Hänssler (2005), 115 pp.
"Praise the Lord": Popular Cinema and Pentecostalite Style in Ghana’s New Public Sphere
American Ethnologist, volume 31, issue 1 (2004), pp. 92-110
"In this article I examine the elective affinity between Pentecostalism and the vibrant video-film industry that has flourished in the wake of Ghana’s adoption of a democratic constitution. I argue that, as a result of the liberalization and commercialization of the media, a new public sphere has
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Die Erotik des Bösen: Mami Water als "christlicher" Dämon in ghanaischen und nigerianischen Videos
In: Africa screams: Das Böse in Kino, Kunst und Kult
Tobias Wendl (ed.)
Wuppertal: Peter Hammer Verlag (2004), pp. 199-209
Impossible Representations: Pentecostalism, Vision and Video Technology in Ghana
Mainz: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien Universität Mainz (2003), 22 pp.
"In this essay I have tried to show how, by taking as point of departure an understanding of religion as a practice of mediation, Pentecostalism has increasingly ‘taken place’, so to speak, in the public sphere as a result of Ghana’s turn to democracy and the liberalization and commercializati
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African Video Film Today
Manzini (SZ): Academic Publisher (2003), xiii, 162 pp.
Pentecostalism, Prosperity and Popular Cinema in Ghana
Culture and Religion, volume 3, issue 1 (2002), pp. 67-87
"As a result of the liberalisation and commercialisation of the media in the wake of Ghana's return to a democratic constitution in 1992, there has emerged a new public sphere which has been successfully and effectively colonised by Pentecostal-charismatic churches and led to the rise of a Pentecost
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Cinema e religione: Ricerca sui film attinenti alla religione nella storia internazionale del cinema: Volume primo
Città del Vaticano: Filmoteca Vaticana; Ente dello Spettacolo (2002), xxiv, 321 pp.
