The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film
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The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film brings together a lively and experienced team of contributors to introduce students to the key topics in religion and film and to investigate the ways in which the exciting subject of religion and film is developing for more experienced scholars. Divided into four parts, the Companion: analyzes the history of the interaction of religion and film, through periods of censorship as well as appreciation of the mediumstudies religion-in-film, examining how the world’s major religions, as well as Postcolonial, Japanese and New Religions, are depicted by and within filmsuses diverse methodologies to explore religion and film, such as psychoanalytical, theological and feminist approaches, and audience receptionanalyzes religious themes in film, including Redemption, the Demonic, Jesus or Christ Figures, Heroes and Superheroesconsiders films as diverse as The Passion of the Christ, The Matrix, Star Wars and Groundhog Day. This definitive book provides an accessible resource to this emerging field and is an indispensable guide to religion and film for students of Religion, Film Studies, and beyond. BOOK COVER TITLE COPYRIGHT CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS CONTRIBUTORS INTRODUCTION PART I: HISTORY OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN RELIGION AND FILM: FOCUS ON WESTERN CHRISTIANITY 1 SILENT CINEMA AND RELIGION: AN OVERVIEW (1895–1930) 2 THE ERA OFCENSORSHIP (1930–1967) 3 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CINEMA (1967 TO THE PRESENT) 4 MODERN PROTESTANT APPROACHES TO FILM (1960 TO THE PRESENT) PART II: DEPICATIONS OF AND BY RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS IN FLIMS 5 JUDAISM 6 CHRISTIANITY 7 ISLAM 8 HINDUISM 9 BUDDHISM 10 POSTCOLONIAL RELIGIOUS SYNCRETISM: FOCUS ON THE PHILIPPINES, PERU, AND MEXICO 11 RELIGION IN JAPANESE FILM: FOCUS ON ANIME 12 NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS PART III: ACADEMIC APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND FILM 13 FEMINISM 14 AUDIENCE RECEPTION 15 CULTURAL THEORY AND CULTURAL STUDIES 16 PSYCHOANALYSIS 17 THEOLOGICAL APPROACHES PART IV: CATEGORIES APPLICABLE TO RELIGION AND FILM STUDIES 18 NARRATIVE 19 REDEMPTION 20 APOCALYPTIC 21 HEROS AND SUPERHEROS 22 HORROR AND THE DEMONIC 23 JESUS AND CHRIST-FIGURES 24 ICONOGRAPHY 25 SACRIFICE 26 ETHICS INDEX
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