This is the first full-length exploration of the relationship between religion, film, and ideology. It shows how religion is imagined, constructed, and interpre

Religion and cinema share a capacity for world making, ritualizing, mythologizing, and creating sacred time and space. Through cinematography, mise-en-scène, e

This critical overview of the field of film and religion distinguishes three complementary approaches: the study of film as text, the investigation of how film

Religious traditions have provided a seemingly endless supply of subject matter for film, from the Ten Commandments to the Mahabharata . At the same time, film

From silent films to contemporary blockbusters, religion has always proved a popular theme for the cinema. However, all too often religion and film are discusse