This volume surveys the ways in which notions of religion and spirituality have impinged upon the cinema. It conceives of cinema as a post-Romantic form for which religion and spirituality can be unified only problematically. While inspecting many of the well-established themes and topoi of writing on religion and film (such as films about priests and "Christ-figures") it also seeks to problematize them, focusing primarily upon the issues of religious representation foregrounded by such European directors as Kieslowski and Godard. Exploring the cinematic instances of a "spirituality" embodied in experiences, Coates draws on theories of theologians, philosophers and cultural and literary critics, including Otto, Kant, Schiller and Girard. Addressing the relationship between religion and spirituality from a film studies specialist's perspective, this book offers all those concerned with film, media or religious studies an examination of the most serious artistic efforts to grapple with the theological and aesthetic issues of representation and representability.
- ISBN:
- 9780754615859
- 9780754615859
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Category:
- Religion: general
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
-
02-01-2003
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 226
- Dimensions (mm):
- 234x156x20mm
- Weight:
- 0.45kg
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