Teaching Religion and Film
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2008), xiv, 309 pp.
Contains index
Series: AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series
ISBN 978-0-19-986894-0; 978-0-19-533598-9 (print)
"Part I presents general categories for thinking about the intersection between religion and film, as well as an argument for an emerging line of theoretical inquiry. The chapters in Part II examine the use of film in teaching religious traditions, whether movies are seen from the critical perspective of particular religious traditions or are used to teach the traditions themselves. Part III focuses on the use of film in the religious studies classroom, where religion or theories of religion are more generally addressed. Part IV considers the promise and challenge of using films to teach critical perspectives on fundamental human values, whether films are seen as vehicles for bringing stories into the classroom or as powerful indicators of a culture's core values." (Publisher description)
Introduction: Teaching Religion and Film / Gregory J. Watkins, 3
I. ESTABLISHING SHOT: VIEWING THE FIELD OF RELIGION AND FILM
1 What Are We Teaching When We Teach ''Religion and Film''? / William L. Blizek and Michele Desmarais, 17
2 Teaching Religion and Film: A Fourth Approach / Conrad Ostwalt, 35
II. FILM AND THE TEACHING OF RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
3 Teaching Biblical Tourism: How Sword-and-Sandal Films Clouded My Vision / Alice Bach, 57
4 Designing a Course on Religion and Cinema in India / Gayatri Chatterjee, 77
5 Buddhism, Film, and Religious Knowing: Challenging the Literary Approach to Film / Francisca Cho, 117
6 The Pedagogical Challenges of Finding Christ Figures in Film / Christopher Deacy, 129
7 Film and the Introduction to Islam Course / Amir Hussain, 141
8 Is It All about Love Actually? Sentimentality as Problem and Opportunity in the Use of Film for Teaching Theology and Religion / Clive Marsh, 155
9 Women, Theology, and Film: Approaching the Challenge of Interdisciplinary Teaching / Gaye Williams Ortiz, 165
III. THE RELIGIOUS STUDIES APPROACH
10 Seeing Is Believing, but Touching's the Truth: Religion, Film, and the Anthropology of the Senses / Richard M. Carp, 177
11 There Is No Spoon? Teaching The Matrix, Postperennialism, and the Spiritual Logic of Late Capitalism / Gregory Grieve, 189
12 Teaching Film as Religion / John C. Lyden, 209
13 Filmmaking and World Making: Re-Creating Time and Space in Myth and Film / S. Brent Plate, 219
14 Introducing Theories of Religion through Film: A Sample Syllabus / Gregory J. Watkins, 233
IV. THE VALUES APPROACH
15 Touching Evil, Touching Good / Irena S. M. Makarushka, 253
16 Teaching Ethics with Film: A Course on the Moral Agency of Women / Ellen Ott Marshall, 265
17 Searching for Peace in Films about Genocide / Jolyon Mitchell, 283
I. ESTABLISHING SHOT: VIEWING THE FIELD OF RELIGION AND FILM
1 What Are We Teaching When We Teach ''Religion and Film''? / William L. Blizek and Michele Desmarais, 17
2 Teaching Religion and Film: A Fourth Approach / Conrad Ostwalt, 35
II. FILM AND THE TEACHING OF RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
3 Teaching Biblical Tourism: How Sword-and-Sandal Films Clouded My Vision / Alice Bach, 57
4 Designing a Course on Religion and Cinema in India / Gayatri Chatterjee, 77
5 Buddhism, Film, and Religious Knowing: Challenging the Literary Approach to Film / Francisca Cho, 117
6 The Pedagogical Challenges of Finding Christ Figures in Film / Christopher Deacy, 129
7 Film and the Introduction to Islam Course / Amir Hussain, 141
8 Is It All about Love Actually? Sentimentality as Problem and Opportunity in the Use of Film for Teaching Theology and Religion / Clive Marsh, 155
9 Women, Theology, and Film: Approaching the Challenge of Interdisciplinary Teaching / Gaye Williams Ortiz, 165
III. THE RELIGIOUS STUDIES APPROACH
10 Seeing Is Believing, but Touching's the Truth: Religion, Film, and the Anthropology of the Senses / Richard M. Carp, 177
11 There Is No Spoon? Teaching The Matrix, Postperennialism, and the Spiritual Logic of Late Capitalism / Gregory Grieve, 189
12 Teaching Film as Religion / John C. Lyden, 209
13 Filmmaking and World Making: Re-Creating Time and Space in Myth and Film / S. Brent Plate, 219
14 Introducing Theories of Religion through Film: A Sample Syllabus / Gregory J. Watkins, 233
IV. THE VALUES APPROACH
15 Touching Evil, Touching Good / Irena S. M. Makarushka, 253
16 Teaching Ethics with Film: A Course on the Moral Agency of Women / Ellen Ott Marshall, 265
17 Searching for Peace in Films about Genocide / Jolyon Mitchell, 283
