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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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Muslim Martyrs and Pagan Vampires: Popular Video Films and the Propagation of Religion in Northern Nigeria

Matthias Krings

Postscripts, volume 1, issue 2-3 (2005), pp. 183-205

"In December 2000 the government of Kano State in Muslim northern Nigeria reintroduced shari’a and established a new board for film and video censorship charged with the responsibility to “sanitize” the video industry and enforce the compliance of video films with moral standards of Islam. Sta ... more

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[Religious Film]

Stephen Hughes, Birgit Meyer (eds.)

Postscripts, volume 1, issue 2-3 (2005), pp. 149-374

Jesus at the Movies: A Guide to the First Hundred Years

W. Barnes Tatum

Santa Rosa, Calif.: Polebridge Press, revised and expanded ed. (2004), xiv, 293 pp.

"Since the earliest days of the movies more than a century ago, moviemakers have been intrigued by "the greatest story ever told." They have tried, with varying degrees of success, to capture the life of Jesus on film. In Jesus at the Movies Barnes Tatum has created a fascinating and exhaustively-re ... more

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Wenn Gott ins Kino geht: 50 Filme, die man kennen muss

Norbert Schnabel

Wuppertal: Brockhaus (2004), 224 pp.

Die Passion Christi: Der Film von Mel Gibson und seine theologischen und kunstgeschichtlichen Kontexte

Reinhold Zwick, Thomas Lentes (eds.)

Münster: Aschendorff (2004), 224 pp.

"Die anhaltende Kontroverse um Mel Gibsons Jesusfilm bewegt sich vor allem um drei Problemfelder: die Gewaltdarstellung, die Zeichnung der jüdischen Gegner Jesu und die Theologie des Films, insbesondere das in ihm vertretene Konzept von Opfer und Sühne. Immer wieder begegnen Fragen wie: Liegt die ... more

Die Erotik des Bösen: Mami Water als "christlicher" Dämon in ghaniaschen und nigerianischen Videos

Birgit Meyer

In: Africa screams: Das Böse in Kino, Kunst und Kult

Tobias Wendl (ed.)

Wuppertal: Peter Hammer Verlag (2004), pp. 199-209

Popularkino als Ersatzkirche? Das Erfolgsprinzip aktueller Blockbuster

Marianne Skarics

Münster: Lit (2004), 416 pp.

"Die Autorin untersucht aktuelle Blockbuster-Filme, um zu allgemeingültigen Erfolgskriterien für Popularfilme zu gelangen. Dabei wird aufgezeigt, daß Blockbuster unsere Sehnsüchte, Wünsche und Ängste unter Zuhilfenahme mythisch-symbolischer Gestaltungselemente beantworten. Zudem fungieren die ... more

The Hidden God: Film and Faith

Mary Lea Bandy, Antonio Monda

New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art (2003), 299 pp.

"The Hidden God, which accompanies a film series of the same name organized by The Museum of Modern Art and screening in October and November of 2003, explores the ways in which a sense of God may appear in films, whether or not it is understood as such or is visible to the eye. This book contains o ... more

Le grand malentendu: L'Église a-t-Elle perdu la culture et les médias?

Frédéric Antoine

Gabriel Ringlet (foreword)

Paris: Desclée de Brouwer (2003), 223 pp.

Representing Religion in World Cinema: Filmmaking, Mythmaking, Culture Making

S. Brent Plate (ed.)

New York; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2003), vi, 272 pp.

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Film as Religion: Myths, Morals, and Rituals

John Lyden

New York: New York University Press (2003), viii, 289 pp.

Weltreligionen im Film: Christentum, Islam, Judentum, Hinduismus, Buddhismus

Joachim Valentin, Matthias Müller (eds.)

Marburg: Schüren (2002), 268 pp.

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Lights, Camera... Faith! A Movie Lover's Guide to Scripture: Movie Lectionary, Cycle B

Peter Malone, Rose Pacatte

Boston: Pauline Books and Media (2002), 440 pp.

"This second volume of Lights, Camera ... Faith! provides new thought-provoking passages into the world of the Gospels through popular film. By exploring 74 movies in the light of the Sunday Scriptures, Malone and Pacatte create a dialogue between Scripture and film, engaging faith through culture a ... more

Cinema e religione: Ricerca sui film attinenti alla religione nella storia internazionale del cinema: Volume primo

Aldo Bernardini (coord.)

Città del Vaticano: Filmoteca Vaticana;Ente dello Spettacolo (2002), xxiv, 321 pp.

Cinema e chiesa: I documenti del magistero

Dario E. Viganò (ed.)

Cantalupa (IT): Effata (2002), 454 pp.

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Infinity Festival: Film e ricerca dello spirito. Alba, 6-13 Aprile 2002

Cantalupa (IT): Fondazione Ferrero;Effata (2002), 221 pp.

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Evocare l'inatteso: Lo sguardo trasfigurante nel cinema di Andrej Tarkovskij

Massimo Nardin

Rome: Associazione Nazionale Circoli Cinematografici Italiani (ANCCI) (2002), 608 pp.

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Pentecostalism, Prosperity and Popular Cinema in Ghana

Birgit Meyer

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 ... more