Encyclopedia of Religion and Film
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO (2011), xix, 644 pp.
Contains filmography pp. 471-561, bibliogr. pp. 563-576, index
ISBN 978-0-313-01398-0 (ebook); 978-0-313-33072-8 (print)
Signature commbox: 50-Religion-E 2011
"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." (Publisher description)
Africa -- Allen, Woody -- Altman, Robert -- American Indian Religion -- Angels -- Animated Films -- Arab Film -- Australia -- Bazin, André -- Belief -- Bergman, Ingmar -- Besson, Luc -- Bible Films -- Black Church, The -- Bollywood -- Bresson, Robert -- Britain -- Brooks, Mel -- Buddhism -- Buñuel, Luis -- Capra, Frank -- Catholicism -- Censorship in Hollywood -- China -- Clergy -- Coen, Joel and Ethan -- Coppola, Francis Ford -- DeMille, Cecil B. -- Devil -- Dogme 95 -- Dreyer, Carl Theodor -- Dystopia -- End-of-the-World Films -- Eucatastrophe -- Europe (Continental) -- Fellini, Federico -- Film as Religion -- Gilliam, Terry -- God -- Greek and Roman -- Myths -- Heaven -- Hinduism -- Holidays -- Holocaust, The -- Horror -- Indigenous Religions -- Islam -- Japan -- Jesus -- Joan of Arc -- Judaism -- Kieslowski, Krzysztof -- Kubrick, Stanley -- Kurosawa, Akira -- The Last Temptation of Christ Controversy -- Latin America -- Leone, Sergio -- Magic -- Mamet, David -- The Matrix Trilogy -- The Miracle Controversy -- Missionary Films -- Miyazaki, Hayao -- Mizoguchi, Kenji -- Mormonism -- Mysticism -- Myth -- Ozu, Yasujiro -- Pasolini, Pier Paolo -- The Passion of the Christ Controversy -- Posthumanism -- Protestantism -- Ritual -- Russia -- Schrader, Paul -- Science Fiction -- Scorsese, Martin -- Silent Film -- Smith, Kevin -- Sports -- Superheroes -- Tarantino, Quentin -- Tarkovsky, Andrei -- Theology and Film -- Tolkin, Michael -- Trier, Lars von -- Truffaut, François -- Vampires -- Voodoo -- Westerns -- Women
