FILM AS RELIGION

Film as Religion

Film as Religion

Introduction

John C. Lyden makes a priceless endeavor to take the study of religion and film in a new direction. Fairly than uncovering religious themes, figures, or symbols in assorted movies, the author analyzes the "religious" way that audiences apprehend films, based on their adherence to or subversion of specific genre conventions. The book argues for a wide definition of religion that shuns reducing it either to functionality and ideology or to a set of doctrines about the transcendent. This enables Lyden to evaluate the content, symbolism, mood, realism, and audience response ...