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Bible and Film: The Basics
London; New York: Routledge (2022), xiii, 207 pp.
"This book examines various types of interplay between film and the Bible. The theme of 'Bible on film' is explored through Hebrew Bible epics including The Prince of Egypt and Noah, and Jesus films such as The Last Temptation of Christ and Son of Man. The theme 'Bible in film' is analyzed through f
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The Bible Onscreen in the New Millennium: New Heart and New Spirit
Manchester: Manchester University Press (2020), xx, 278 pp.
"The remarkable commercial success of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ in 2004 came as a surprise to the Hollywood establishment, particularly considering the film’s failure to find production funding through a major studio. Since then the Biblical epic, long thought dead in terms of mains
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The Bible revisited: Neue Zugänge im Film
Marburg: Schüren (2016), 352 pp.
The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and its Reception in Film
Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter (2016), xviii, 921 pp.
"This two-part volume contains a comprehensive collection of original studies by well-known scholars focusing on the Bible’s wide-ranging reception in world cinema. It is organized into sections examining the rich cinematic afterlives of selected characters from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament;
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How Karunamayudu (1978) Became an Evangelistic Tool: Implications for Understanding Evangelicals and Media
Exchange: Journal of Missiological and Ecumenical Research, volume 41, issue 2 (2012), pp. 120-143
"It has not been uncommon in the history of Jesus in film for commercial movies of Jesus' life to be conscripted for Christian evangelism around the world. Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings (1927), John Krish and Peter Sykes' Jesus (1979), better known today as The Jesus Film, and Mel Gibson's Th
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Iranian Religious Film and Inter-Religious Understanding
Exchange: Journal of Missiological and Ecumenical Research, volume 41, issue 2 (2012), pp. 165-198
"The article deals with two recent Iranian films, al-Masih (Teh Messiah) by Nader Talebzadeh and Maryam al-Muqaddasah (Holy Mary) by Shahriar Bahrani. Both movies are about religious characters shared by Islam and Christianity: Zechariah, Mary and Jesus. The article explores the way the filmmakers h
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The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film
London; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2009), xiv, 503 pp.
The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film
London: Continuum (2009), x, 426 pp.
Wunder der Leinwand: Filme mit biblischer Botschaft
Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk (2008), 120 pp.
"Ob "Herr der Ringe", "Das Leben der Anderen" oder "Bruce Allmächtig" - in vielen populären Kino-Filmen werden Gott, die Bibel und aktuelle ethische Fragen thematisiert. Doch wie findet man den passenden Film zum jeweiligen religiös-ethischen Thema? Der Autor liefert auf kompakte Art und Weise ei
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Der unterhaltsame Gott: Theologie populärer Filme
Paderborn et al.: Schöningh (2008), 168 pp.
"Die Filmindustrie »ist nur religiös, wenn sie einen Markt dafür sieht. Die produziert nur die Kekse, die auch gegessen werden« (Regisseur Paul Verhoeven). Auch Gott und Religion sind solche »Kekse«! Offenkundig handelt es sich bei Unterhaltungsfilmen mit religiösen Motiven um Produkte, die d
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Teaching Religion and Film
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2008), xiv, 309 pp.
"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 perspecti
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Jesus in Twentieth-Century Literature, Art and Movies
New York et al.: Continuum (2007), ix, 241 pp.
Filmstar Jesus Christus: Die neuesten Jesus-Filme als Herausforderung für Theologie und Religionspädagogik
Berlin; Münster: Lit (2007), 239 pp.
The Bible in Film - the Bible and Film
Leiden; Boston: Brill (2006), vii, 190 pp.
"There are films that retell biblical narratives and there are films that allude to the Bible or otherwise build on or appropriate biblical themes and images. The eleven lively and provocative articles in this volume explore both types of film, showcasing the cinema's impact on the perception of the
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Cinéma Divinité: Religion, Theology and the Bible in Film
London: SCM (2005), xvii, 373 pp.
[Religious Film]
Postscripts, volume 1, issue 2-3 (2005), pp. 149-374
Medien - Bildung - Religion: Zum Verhältnis von Medienpädagogik und Religionspädagogik in Theorie, Empirie und Praxis
München: kopaed (2004), 272 pp.
Die Passion Christi: Der Film von Mel Gibson und seine theologischen und kunstgeschichtlichen Kontexte
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
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Jesus at the Movies: A Guide to the First Hundred Years
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
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Weltreligionen im Film: Christentum, Islam, Judentum, Hinduismus, Buddhismus
Marburg: Schüren (2002), 268 pp.
