Bringing together scholars form film theory and political science, ethics and philosophy of religion, philosophy of film and theology, this volume casts new light on the relationship between the religious and secular experience after the death of the death of God.
Drawing upon rarely seen archival footage and the work of the silent era’s most important directors, such as Alice Guy, Ferdinand Zecca, Sidney Olcott..
This monograph explores the way that the profile and the critical functions of the holy fool have developed in European cinema, allowing this traditio..
Films from Saudi Arabia, the Balkans, Russia and South Korea are used in this book to illustrate the links between performative utterance, created sce..
This book is positioned within the emerging field of transnational cinema, and offers a groundbreaking study of the relationship between transnational..
This collection of essays by biblical scholars is the first book-length treatment of the 2014 film Noah, directed by Darren Aronofsky. It will be of c..
This volume is the first to focus on the ways in which Terrence Malick integrates theological inquiries and motifs into his films. Essays from establi..
Salvation from Cinema offers something new to the burgeoning field of "religion and film": the religious significance of film technique. Discussing th..
This book revisits the tradition of Western religious cinema in light of scholarship on St. Paul’s political theology. Sean Desilets engages with the ..
Divine Film Comedies creates a meaningful dialogue between stories in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament and comedies spanning the history of film. Th..
Bringing together scholars form film theory and political science, ethics and philosophy of religion, philosophy of film and theology, this volume cas..
This book is positioned within the emerging field of transnational cinema, and offers a groundbreaking study of the relationship between transnational..