Screening divinity

Screening divinity

by Maurice, Lisa

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Lisa Maurice examines screen portrayals of gods - covering Greco-Roman mythology, the Judeo-Christian God and Jesus - from the beginning of cinema to the present day. Focusing on the golden age of the Hollywood epic in the fifties and the twenty-first century second wave of big screen productions, she provides an over-arching picture that allows historical trends and developments to be demonstrated and contrasted. Engaging with recent scholarship on film, particularly film and theology as well …

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  • Full title :Screening divinity / Lisa Maurice.

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Lisa Maurice examines screen portrayals of gods - covering Greco-Roman mythology, the Judeo-Christian God and Jesus - from the beginning of cinema to the present day. Focusing on the golden age of the Hollywood epic in the fifties and the twenty-first century second wave of big screen productions, she provides an over-arching picture that allows historical trends and developments to be demonstrated and contrasted. Engaging with recent scholarship on film, particularly film and theology as well as classical reception, she considers the presentation of these gods through examination of their physical and moral characteristics, as well as their interaction with the human world, against the background of the social contexts of each production. --

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  • Publication Date:©2019

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Notes

Filmography : pages 204-212.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xi, 228 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781474425735, 1474425739
  • oclc:on1057740176
  • LC Classification:PN1995.9.R4
  • Dewey Decimal:791.43/6820211

Subjects

Dieux -- Au cinéma Film God in motion pictures Gods in motion pictures Götter Heilige Jesus Jesus Christ Motion pictures

Writers

Maurice, Lisa

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