Africa
Animated Films
Belief
Bergman
Bollywood
Brooks
Buddhism
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Catholicism
Continental Europe
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Hayao
Ingmar
Jesus
Joan of Arc
Latin America
Mel
Miyazaki
Muslim Film
Russia
Silent Film
THE MIRACLE Controversy
Theology and Film
Westerns
Women
Product details
- ISBN 9780313330728
- Weight: 1531g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 08 Mar 2011
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Comprising 91 A–Z entries, this encyclopedia provides a broad and comprehensive introduction to the topic of religion within film.
Technology has enabled films to reach much wider audiences, enabling today's viewers to access a dizzying number of films that employ diverse symbolism and communicate a vast array of viewpoints. Encyclopedia of Religion and Film will provide such an audience with the tools to begin their own exploration of the deeper meanings of these films and grasp the religious significance within.
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 provide substantially more information on the intersection of religion and film than any of the similar volumes currently available. While the emphasis is on the English-speaking world and the films produced therein, there is also substantial representation of non-English, non-Western film and filmmakers, providing significant intercultural coverage to the topic.
Eric Michael Mazur is associate professor of religious studies and holds the Gloria & David Furman Chair of Judaic Studies at Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA.
